Is it a game, or is it real?
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 Department of Defense's war computer and initiates a confrontation of global proportions. Together with his friend and a wizardly computer genius, David must race against time to outwit his opponent and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.
- Director
- John Badham
- Writers
- Lawrence Lasker, Walter F. Parkes
Themesartificial intelligence (a.i.)cold warcomputercyber thrillerfbi
