Movie · 1983

WarGames

Is it a game, or is it real?

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Techno paranoia Cold war tension Hacker adventure Nuclear brinkmanship High stakes cat and mouse Playful to apocalyptic

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Release
1983
Runtime
114 min

Synopsis

High school student David Lightman has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Department of Defense's war computer and initiates a confrontation of global proportions. Together with his friend and a wizardly computer genius, David must race against time to outwit his opponent and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.

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