WarGames is a 1983 American techno-thriller film directed by John Badham, written by Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes, and starring Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood and Ally Sheedy. Broderick plays David Lightman, a young computer hacker who unwittingly accesses a United States military supercomputer programmed to simulate, predict and execute nuclear war against the Soviet Union, triggering a false alarm that threatens to start World War III.
wargames is a 1983 american techno-thriller film directed by john badham written by lawrence lasker and walter f parkes and starring matthew broderick dabney coleman john wood and ally sheedy broderick plays david lightman a young computer hacker who unwittingly accesses a united states military supercomputer programmed to simulate predict and execute nuclear war against the soviet union triggering a false alarm that threatens to start world war iii