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| ![Wargames [1983]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51AT1F8FWML._SL500_.jpg)
| Director: John Badham
Actors: Matthew Broderick, Ally Sheedy, John Wood, Dabney Coleman, Barry Corbin
Studio: MGM Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 7663
Format: Anamorphic, Dubbed, Full Screen, Pal, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), German (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), German (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Italian (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Swedish (Subtitled), Danish (Subtitled), Dutch (Subtitled)
Rating: Parental Guidance
Region: 2
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 108 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5050070001839
ASIN: B00004TT7C
Theatrical Release Date: June 3, 1983
Release Date: July 24, 2000
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 The original W.O.P.P.E.R. September 20, 2005
B. Chandler (Arlington, Texas)
This tale is a whopper in more ways than one. All you have to do is suspend any type of belief in reality and it is a lot of fun trying to outguess the next move. Even after you have seen it a million times you will find your self kibitzing "look look look it is still running." And what is Joshua doing at the back door? br / br /A teenager, David Lightman (Matthew Broderick) that is too tech savvy for his own good is searching for the new game on the net. He stumbles into the NORAD mainframe evidently it was DARPA/net. For those with a short lifespan DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) was the precursor to the internet. We all know what happens when you do this. Yep, now David with the help if his teenage sweetie, Jennifer (Ally Sheedy) must worm his way into NORAD and stop the game or we are toast. br / br /An added plus is watching the technological changes and realizing that is someone of today's generation watched this they would not recognize 5" floppies or acoustic couplers. br / br /
Dated but still worth watching. June 20, 2004
dragondrums (Ingleby Barwick, United Kingdom)
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
When this movie was released it was very up to date with the technology it featured. In this day of laptop computers and internet access to mobile phones it certainly looks dated but put that aside and you are still left with a really good movie with a plot idea that still works today. br /The story revolves around an underachieving, bored teenager (played by a very young Matthew Broderick) whose main interest in life is his computer. From his bedroom he can alter his school grades, reserve flights, download software, all by hacking into other computers. While searching for new games from a software company he comes across a set of titles he assumes are games and decides, with his girlfriend, to play Global Thermonuclear War. Unfortunatly it isn't a software company he has hacked into but a military system and he is playing against NORAD's computer. When the realisation hits that the NORAD computer, when it's turn comes round, will launch atomic missiles for real the race is on the stop the game. br /This is still a gripping film that can still raise the tension levels even after several viewings. Great stuff.
 Wicked February 5, 2004
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is one of those films that many of us grew up with in our youth - you know what i mean, it falls into the same category as The Goonies, BMX Bandits and the Indiana Jones and Star Wars trilogies. This was the first film that brought Matthew Broderick to the fore in a relatively simple role. A young computer nerd accidently hacks into the mainframe defence computer in charge of the Defending the USA - nearly beginning World War three. The story may be simple but in many ways like all great films that is what makes it effective. I unreservedly love this film and the scene where Matthew Brodericks dad uses bread to spread butter onto his corn on the cob is a priceless moment in cinema - if you would like a nice Sunday afternoon film then this is the film for you! Hope you enjoy.
Classic December 13, 2002
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
This movie is a classic, a must own for all the "computer people". It's the Nostradamus of computer movies. It talks about hacking at a time where the internet was science fiction and the average computer was half as powerfull as a Game Boy. It has some old school phreaking (tampering phone lines) in there as well but all information is just of historical value. All the things that you see in the movie is a common thing of todays computers, like speech, but when you watch this film have in mind that it was produced in 1983! It's also the movie that inspired programmers to write War Dialers (well known type of software among todays crackers used to find phone lines connected to computers). If you are not interested in classics and historical values but you want some computer action try something like "Hackers", "SWORDFISH" and "Antitrust". But if you are interested in classics also check "Tron".
Young Brodderick August 28, 2002
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
i sat down on a saturday afternoon and wargames came on the telly. with nothing better to do i decide to watch it, and i was pleasently supprised. it is the story of a teenager(a young matthew brodderick) who hacks into the pentagon and comes accros the computer defense system. after some research into the builder of the computer, he obtains the password and is able to play simulation wargames with it. this of couse send s the pentagon crazy who go to defcon 5 and prepare their missles for launch, but appon descoveing that its a simulation they emmiediately set out to catch the hacker who caused the scare. br persuade by the government the only hope for brodderick is to track down the maker of the computer to help him put things right, which off course he does, saving the world from nuclear war.br this film isnt a classic by any means but it kept me interested enough to keep watching, as the end becomes quite tense. if you see this film in the shops for a few quid, i would suugest buying it as it is worth it.
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