escapes". Davey, joyful that his father is alive, realizes that his father is his true hero and has moved on from Jack. He proudly replies to Hal, "I don't need him anymore. I got you, Dad". Cast Production Henry Thomas said the film is "pretty exciting ... It's got some violence in it. I get to fire a gun". Principal photography went from August 8 to October 7, 1983. Filming took place in San Antonio, Texas, chosen because it was Thomas's hometown. The Alamo exterior was filmed on location, but they were not allowed to film inside, so they recreated the interior. In a 2012 interview, Coleman recalled: Video game Critical to the movie's plot is an Atari video game called Cloak & Dagger made for the Atari 5200. The arcade version appears in the movie; the Atari 5200 version was started but never completed. The game was under development with the title Agent X when the movie producers and Atari learned of each other's projects and decided to cooperate. This collaboration was part of a larger phenomenon, of films featuring video games as critical plot elements (as with Tron and The Last Starfighter) and of video game tie-ins to the same films (as with the Tron games for the Intellivision and other platforms). Reception The film was released during the 1984 Summer Olympics. Universal said that the target audience of younger children would not be as interested in Olympics and the film would have less competition. The film grossed $9.7 million in the United States, $2.8 million of which came from its opening weekend. Cloak & Dagger received a 67% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 12 reviews, with an average rating of 5.8/10. On her review, Janet Maslin of The New York Times praised Franklin's direction, as well as the performances of Thomas and Coleman. Metacritic gave the film a score of 64 based on 7 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Neil Gaiman reviewed Cloak & Dagger for Imagine magazine, and stated that "director Richard Franklin's fascination with Alfred Hitchcock continues; and echoes, lines and themes of Hitchcock films crop up all through this engaging and enjoyable film". The 1996 movie guide "Seen That, Now What?", the film was given the rating of "B+", stating "Tight script, quick pace and light but not moronic tone makes this the rare entry that can be responsibly called family fare".