Shall we play a game with this enduring line begins 1983's wargames, one of the most exciting and prescient sci-fi thrillers to come out of the '80s, tautly directed by john badham saturday night fever, blue thunder , and featuring star-making performances from matthew broderick ferris bueller's day off and ally sheedy the breakfast club . Broderick plays david lightman, a bright high-schooler who spends most of his free time on his home computer. All he wants to do is play the latest video games and, on occasion, alter his grades . But when he dials into a program called global thermonuclear war, he soon realises he's unwittingly hacked into the wopr, the department of defense's brand-new supercomputer, setting a sequence of events in motion that could ignite world war iii. Lightman and his friend jennifer sheedy find themselves in a desparate race against the clock to find the wopr's designer, the reclusive computer genius dr stephen falken john wood, ladyhawke , to prevent nuclear armageddon. Featuring strong supporting performances by dabney coleman 9 to 5 and barry corbin no country for old men , wargames was nominated for three academy awards, including one for screenwriters lawrence lasker and walter parkes, whose premise, described by roger ebert as a masterstroke , remains disturbingly relevant in the 21st century. After you finish the film, how about a nice game of chess product features 4k ultra hd blu-ray limited edition contents 4k 2160p ultra hd blu-ray pres...
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