WarGames (1983) is very much a film of its time and is, alas, too clever for its own good. It's the early 1980s and fears of nuclear exchange are reaching a peak. Matthew Broderick is a young computer enthusiast who to impress a girl (Ally Sheedy) unwittingly Joshua acts as if a real war is occurring and proceeds to almost launch a nuclear strike on Russia as Broderick and Sheedy rush to find the computer's designer.
The script is smart and acting credible but it's not the special effects that hamper this movie. It's a clever premise and unlike most films, the action is mostly believable. But obvious problems lurk - like why does Broderick insist on playing nuclear warfare at all??? A little more time might've really solidified this charming classic.
Putting my own personal bias aside (I fall for the tricks in this movie too easily), the film is too impressed with itself to work on anybody but the most cynical.
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