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.

• DirectorJohn Badham
• Release3 June 1983
• Genre
  Thriller / Science Fiction
• Duration1h 54m
• Budget$12,000,000
• Revenue$124,600,000
• Rate
  

  7.072
  1985 reviews
• Productions

  Sherwood Productions, United Artists