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WarGames

1983 Film Synopsis & Plot Summary

7.1/10

Rating

114 min

Runtime

1983

Release Year

John Badham

Director

Cast

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

Quick 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.

Full Plot Summary of WarGames

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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