WarGames (War Games) Reviews
Top CriticLike a video game once played, tends to disappear from one's memory bank as soon as it's finished.
Common Sense Media
Suspenseful Cold War tale with teen gamer in control.
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| Original Score: 4/5
As a premise for a thriller, this is a masterstroke.
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| Original Score: 4/4
CinePassion
In this sage satire, warfare is boiled down to the inanities of tic-tac-toe
Flipside Movie Emporium
Strangelove Lite; its fear of the computer revolution now seems charmingly quaint.
| Original Score: 3/5
Mania.com
Memory makes the heart grow fonder, even when you're blowing up the world.
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| Original Score: B
Projection Booth
The film hasn't nearly the despair of Dr. Strangelove, but it retains the same underlining moral questions in its portrayal of these unimaginable dilemmas.
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| Original Score: B
Filmcritic.com
The movie's effect on Hollywood and the American consciousness can still be seen today.
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| Original Score: 4.5/5
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
One of the early films to warn about the dangers of hackers and the possibilities of computers controlling our lives.
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| Original Score: B
Sci-Fi Movie Page
Exciting and well-paced.
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| Original Score: 3/4
Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema
As a Cold War message movie and cinematic descendent of Fail-Safe, WarGames examines the inherent danger in favoring technology's cool logic and situational calculations.
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| Original Score: A
Video-Reviewmaster.com
Dated now, due to computer tech, but still tense.
| Original Score: 3/5
As tense and effective now as it was 25 years ago. The worry back then was more about Soviet missiles than about credit card identity theft, but good filmmaking techniques haven't changed.
