Rent WarGames (1983)
3.7 of 5 from 161 ratings
1h 48min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Computer hacker David Lightman (Matthew Broderick) can bypass the most advanced security systems, break the most intricate secret codes and master even the most difficult computer games. But when he unwittingly taps into the Defense Department's war computer, he initiates a confrontation of global proportions - World War 3! Together with his girlfriend (Ally Sheedy) and a wizardly computer genius (John Wood), David must race against time to outwit his opponent...and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.
- Actors:
- Matthew Broderick, Ally Sheedy, John Wood, Dabney Coleman, Barry Corbin, Juanin Clay, Kent Williams, Dennis Lipscomb, Joe Dorsey, Irving Metzman, Michael Ensign, William Bogert, Susan Davis, James Tolkan, David Clover, Drew Snyder, John Garber, Duncan Wilmore, Billy Ray Sharkey, John Spencer
- Directors:
- John Badham
- Producers:
- Harold Schneider, Bruce McNall
- Writers:
- Lawrence Lasker, Walter F. Parkes, Walon Green
- Others:
- William A. Fraker, Angelo P Graham, Willie D Burton, Michael J Kohut, William L Manger, Mike Fink, Joe Digaetano, Jack Cooperman, Don Hansard, Colin Cantwell, Aaron Rochin, Carlos de Larios, WarGames
- Studio:
- MGM Home Entertainment
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Thrillers
- Collections:
- Cinema Paradiso's 2023 Centenary Club: Part 2, People of the Pictures, Remembering Michael Madsen, A Brief History of Film...
- Awards:
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 07/01/2013
- Run Time:
- 112 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, French DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 Mono, German DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0, Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 Mono, Spanish DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 Mono
- Subtitles:
- Dutch, English Hard of Hearing, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- Feature-Length Audio Commentary by Director John Badham, Writers Lawrence Lasker and Walter R. Parkes
- Loading WarGames
- Inside NORAD: Cold War Fortress
- Attack of the Hackers
- Tic-Tac-Toe: A True Story
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 20/12/2022
- Run Time:
- 113 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Digital Stereo, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Feature-Length Audio Commentary by Director John Badham and Writers Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes
- "Loading WarGames"
- "Inside NORAD: Cold War Fortress"
- "Attack of the Hackers"
- "Tic Tac Toe: A True Story"
- Theatrical Trailer
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Reviews (1) of WarGames
When Dial-Up Could End the World - WarGames review by griggs
A teenager nearly ending civilisation feels less like a thriller than a time capsule in WarGames. Think shopping malls, MTV on the telly, and a modem that screeches like R2-D2 choking—pure 80s awkwardness in neon. The Cold War hums in the background, but most of the fun is watching Matthew Broderick fiddle with bedroom tech that looks quaint now yet still crackles with danger.
He plays it like Ferris Bueller with a floppy disk, while Ally Sheedy brings disbelief and spark, grounding the silliness. One minute it’s arcade trips and after-school hangouts, the next DEFCON alerts are flashing like pinball lights. The blen of breezy teen comedy and nuclear dread shouldn’t work, but somehow it does.
Silly, prophetic, and oddly cosy, it’s a reminder that once a bored kid could almost start a war—and today, things don’t feel much safer.
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