WarGames

WarGames

Is it a game, or is it real?

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Release Date

6/3/1983

Runtime

114 mins

Overview

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$12,000,000

Revenue

$124,600,000

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A nail-biting race against a computer system spinning toward nuclear war, anchored by the genuine alarm of watching a teenager's innocent mistake spiral into global catastrophe. It's simultaneously a thriller about the terrifying consequences of automation and a coming-of-age story about kids trying to outsmart the systems of power.

Mood

TenseParanoidExhilaratingDefiant

Themes

TechnologyPowerSurvivalComing of age

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Propulsive

Look

HandheldNaturalistic

Structure

Linear

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