Is it a game, or is it real?
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.
DramaScience FictionThrillerartificial intelligence (a.i.)computergovernmenthackervideo gamecold warfbiprosecutionnoradnuclear threatparanoidpolitical thriller
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Character
Classical in form, epic, earnest and plot-driven.
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
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21 profiled raters. Loved most by The Empaths; disliked most by The Formalists.
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Cast
- Matthew BroderickDavid Lightman
- Dabney ColemanMcKittrick
- John WoodStephen Falken
- Ally SheedyJennifer
- Barry CorbinGeneral Beringer
- Juanin ClayPat Healy
- Kent WilliamsCabot
- Dennis LipscombWatson
- Joe DorseyConley
- Irving MetzmanRichter
Crew
- John BadhamDirector
- Lawrence LaskerWriter
- Walter F. ParkesWriter
- William A. FrakerDirector of Photography
- Arthur B. RubinsteinOriginal Music Composer
- Tom RolfEditor
- Harold SchneiderProducer
- Richard HashimotoProducer
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