WarGames: The Dead Code

"Are you ready to play?"

2008 1h 36m EN

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★5.1TMDB · 151

Science FictionDramaThriller

Synopsis

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Computer hacker Will Farmer engages a government 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 software glitches have in turn made him become paranoid.

“Are you ready to play?”

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Cast

Matt Lanter
Will Farmer
Amanda Walsh
Annie D'Mateo
Colm Feore
T. Kenneth Hassert / Joshua (voice)
Chuck Shamata
Bill Carter
Maxim Roy
Tina Rashe
Nicolas Wright
Dennis Nichols
Gary Reineke
Stephen Falken
Susan Glover
Gail Farmer

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Stuart Gillard
Writers: Randall M. Badat, Randall M. Badat, Rob Kerchner
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Shot for just $0.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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ERA

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Released 18 years ago.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "WarGames Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Stuart Gillard, shot by Bruce Chun. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by John Van Tongeren. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Robin Russell shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Matt Lanter and Amanda Walsh and Colm Feore carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Are you ready to play?".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Stuart Gillard directs. Bruce Chun behind the camera. John Van Tongeren scores. Robin Russell cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $0.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Released 18 years ago.
3Part of the "WarGames Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Stuart Gillard, shot by Bruce Chun. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by John Van Tongeren. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Robin Russell shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Matt Lanter and Amanda Walsh and Colm Feore carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Are you ready to play?".
9IMDB entry: tt0865957 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 9 themes, including "computer", "washington dc, usa", "bomb", "video game".

The technical file

Cinematography: Bruce Chun
Original score: John Van Tongeren
Editing: Robin Russell
Stunt coordinator: Marc Désourdy
Runtime: 96 min · 1h 36m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $100
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: WarGames: The Dead Code (2008)

Part of

WarGames Collection

WarGames is a 1983 American Cold War science fiction film written by Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes and directed by John Badham. The film stars Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood, and Ally Sheedy. The film follows David Lightman (Broderick), a young hacker who unwittingly accesses War Operation Plan Response (WOPR), a United States military supercomputer originally programmed to predict possible outcomes of nuclear war. Lightman gets WOPR to run a nuclear war simulation, believing it to be a computer game. The computer, now tied into the nuclear weapons control system and unable to tell the difference between simulation and reality, attempts to start World War III. A sequel, WarGames: The Dead Code, was released direct-to-video in 2008.