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WarGames: The Dead Code (2008)

WarGames: The Dead Code poster
Directed by
Stuart Gillard
Genre
drama film, thriller film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 40m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
5.1 of 10 from 147 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young hacker gets entangled in a government plot involving a dangerous artificial intelligence system. The film follows a sequel formula with updated technology.

tensesuspensefuldatedearnestlow-stakesfamiliarformulaic

What happens

WarGames: The Dead Code is a 2008 American direct-to-video thriller film written by Randall Badat and Rob Kerchner and directed by Stuart Gillard. It is the sequel to the 1983 film WarGames. Production began on November 20, 2006, in Montreal, and the film was released on DVD on July 29, 2008, by MGM's home video distributor 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. According to MGM's original press release, the film is budgeted as one in a series of direct-to-DVD sequels. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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