Wargames: The Dead Code (2008) (V)

User Rating:

4.4/10   

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 | Land Rover | Mcdonald Douglas DC 10 | Big Blue Chess Progam | Perrier Water

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:

Revealing mistakes: The missile dropped by the Predator drone at the beginning of the film is clearly marked "INERT".

Quotes:

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

Movie Connections:

References Alien (1979)

Soundtrack:

Macadam

Just plain awful!

I see a lot of movies. Saw the original wargames years ago and loved it. Computers where still "a big mystery" for the most of us and the movie was convincing, in it's own way.

This one, however, looks like a low budget Wednesday night special. Total crap, from start to finish.

The plot is so weak, you won't believe it until you see the movie (which I would not recommend in the first place). I can not point out one actor that actually did a good job in this movie. But hey, with that script I would've been surprised if ANYONE could do a good job acting. Lots of cliché scenes. CGI looks like it's taken out of the '86 version.

Bah, no, I'm getting in a bad mood just writing about this. Do NOT watch this movie.

Life's to short to waste it on watching crappy movies.