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Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller 114 min PG
Rotten Tomatoes93%Metacritic77IMDb
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.
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Epic, plot-driven, resolved and effortless.
21 profiled raters. Loved most by The Empaths; disliked most by The Formalists.
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Teenage computer whiz nearly sparks nuclear confrontation. Cleverly tingling.
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