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 Defense Department's war computer and initiates a confrontation of global proportions. Together with his girlfriend and a wizardly computer genius, David must race against time to outwit his opponent and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.
Genre: Thriller, Science Fiction, Drama
Stars: Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood, Ally Sheedy, Barry Corbin, Juanin Clay
Crew: Lawrence Lasker (Screenplay), William A. Fraker (Director of Photography), Barry Francis Delaney (Costume Design), Richard Hashimoto (Producer), Jerry Wunderlich (Set Decoration), Tom Rolf (Editor)
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studio: Sherwood Productions, United Artists, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Runtime: 114 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jun 03, 1983
IMDb: 3.924
Keywords:artificial intelligence (a.i.), computer, government, hacker, video game, cold war, fbi, prosecution, norad, nuclear threat
