War Games

MPAA Rating

PG

Theatrical Release Date

Jun 02, 1983

Genre(s)

• 10-12 Years
• Family Films
• Race Against Time
• World War II

Rating (Stars)

Description

Cute but silly, this 1983 cautionary fantasy stars Matthew Broderick as a teenage computer genius who hacks into the Pentagon's defense system and sets World War III into motion. All the fun is in the film's set-up, as Broderick befriends Ally Sheedy and starts the international crisis by pretending while online to be the Soviet Union. After that, it's not hard to predict what's going to happen: government agents swoop in, but the story ends up in the "hands" of machines talking to one another. Thus we're stuck with flashing lights, etc. John Badham (Saturday Night Fever) directs in strict potboiler mode. Kids still like this movie, though. The DVD release has a widescreen presentation, theatrical trailer, Dolby sound, director commentary, optional English, French and Spanish subtitles. --Tom Keogh

Director

John Badham

Stars

• Matthew Broderick
• Dabney Coleman
• John Wood
• Ally Sheedy
• Barry Corbin

Running Time

113 minutes

Original Price

$14.98

Current Value

$6.89

DVD Features

• Closed-captioned
• Color
• Dolby
• DVD-Video
• Letterboxed
• Widescreen
• NTSC
• 1.85:1