Wargames: The Dead Code (2008) (V)

User Rating:

4.5/10   

Director:

Stuart Gillard

Writers (WGA):

Randall M. Badat (teleplay)
Rob Kerchner (story) ...

Release Date:

29 July 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Are you ready to play?

Plot:

Computer hacker Will Farmer (Lanter) engages a goverment super-computer named Ripley in an online terrorist-attack simulation game. Little does Farmer know that Ripley has been designed to appeal to potential terrorists, and certain glitches have turned made him become paranoid. |

Plot Keywords:

Computer | RPG | Baseball Coach | Siren | Self Sacrifice

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Matt Lanter	...	Will Farmer
Amanda Walsh	...	Annie D'Mateo
Colm Feore	...	T. Kenneth Hassert / Joshua
Chuck Shamata	...	Bill Carter
Maxim Roy	...	Tina Rashe
Nicolas Wright	...	Dennis Nichols
Gary Reineke	...	Dr. Stephen Falken
Susan Glover	...	Gail Farmer
Trevor Hayes	...	Agent Aaron Scott
Claudia Ferri	...	Agent Bolton
Vlasta Vrana	...	Ivan Prokosh
Ricky Mabe	...	Newman
Claudia Black	...	R.I.P.L.E.Y. (voice)
Russell Yuen	...	David Chen
Robert Higden	...	Mr. Baron

Also Known As:

WarGames 2: The Dead Code (USA) (alternative spelling)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some violence and language.

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Finland:K-13 | Singapore:PG | Argentina:13 | Singapore:NC-16 (DVD rating) | Australia:M | Netherlands:12

Filming Locations:

Centennial Regional High School - 880 Hudson Street, Greenfield Park, Longueuil, Québec, Canada

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Goofs:

Errors in geography: During a chase scene through Old Montreal, the video camera shows the coordinates 27N 45W, which would place Montreal in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Montreal's coordinates are closer to 45N 73W.

Quotes:

R.I.P.L.E.Y.: A strange game. The only way to win is not to play,

Movie Connections:

References Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)

Soundtrack:

Macadam

Why? Oh why? Oh why!!

It happened with Assault on Prescient 13 in 2005, it happened with The Lost Boys in 2008 and now it's happened with another classic from the 80's Wargames... :( Why, oh why, oh why won't Hollywood ever learn? Leave them alone...! They can't be remade...! They suck....! We all hate them....!.

Those of you who haven't seen the original 1983 version with Matthew Broderick & Ally Sheedy, go rent/buy it now....!! The hardware may look dated, the special effects are not new millennium but it still beats this rubbish hands down....

For those of us who lived through the 80's when hacking was sexy, the Internet was something mysterious and your disks came as a 8" floppy variety, well we now possess the wisdom to avoid this film like a Thermonuclear War!

Never before has "a nice game of chess" seemed the better option....