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War Games: The Dead Code (2008)

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Reviews Counted:32

Fresh:15

Rotten:17

Average Rating:4.7/10

Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins

Genre: Sequel

Synopsis: Arriving twenty-five years after WARGAMES, the Matthew Broderick-starring backdoor thriller, this sequel finds yet another brilliant young computer hacker who may end up starting World War III via... Arriving twenty-five years after WARGAMES, the Matthew Broderick-starring backdoor thriller, this sequel finds yet another brilliant young computer hacker who may end up starting World War III via a government simulation war game. This time, Will Farmer inadvertently engages Ripley, an overly sensitive supercomputer that was designed to detect and handle terrorist attacks. [More]

Starring: Matt Lanter, Amanda Walsh, Chuck Shamata, Maxim Roy

Starring: Matt Lanter, Amanda Walsh, Chuck Shamata, Maxim Roy, Nicolas Wright

Director: Stuart Gillard

Director: Stuart Gillard

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Jul 29, 2008

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  • A brilliant computer hacker must race against time and away from the FBI as he inadvertently begins World War III in this thrilling sequel to the smash hit WarGames.
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