WarGames
1983
A young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III.
- Category
- Films
- Genres
- Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- Director
- John Badham
- Cast
- Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood, Ally Sheedy, Barry Corbin
- Studio
- Sherwood Productions
- Country
- United States
Synopsis
A young computer whiz kid accidentally connects into a top secret super-computer which has complete control over the U.S. nuclear arsenal. It challenges him to a game between America and Russia, and he innocently starts the countdown to World War 3. Can he convince the computer he wanted to play a game and not the real thing ?