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"Is it a game, or is it real?". High School student David Lightman (Matthew Broderick) has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Defense Department's war computer and initiates a confrontation of global proportions! Together with his girlfriend (Ally Sheedy) and a wizardly computer genius (John Wood), David must race against time to outwit his opponent...and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.
Directed by: John Badham - Lawrence Lasker - Walter F. Parkes - Walon Green
Writer credits: Lawrence Lasker - Walter F. Parkes
Cast: Matthew Broderick - Dabney Coleman - John Wood - Ally Sheedy - Barry Corbin
AKA: The Genius, War Games, Jogos de Guerra, Juegos de guerra