OMG! Matthew Broderick looks about 7 years old!
The plot: boy “accidently” kicks off World War 3 by hacking into a military defence computer, thinking it’s part of a video game company, and playing “Global Thermonuclear War”. He’s arrested, escapes, finds a guy who was legally dead (who wrote the “games” on the computer), and obviously, saves the day.
I don’t even know where to begin with regards to the nonsensical way computers are portrayed. But then, every film involving computers as a major plot point has the same problem. At least here the issues (mainly to do with the conversations with the computer – no, really) are relatively minor. It’s not like Minority Report or anything.
But it was pretty good all the same. Especially Malvin the geeky bloke, who didn’t remind me of The Gubbins at all. Oh no.
Verdict: 3/5
I hate you.
But only because that’s not the first time I’ve heard that comparison.