Wargames: The Dead Code (2008) (V)

User Rating:

4.5/10   

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:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Annie constantly refers to Professor Falken as Professor "Falcon".

Quotes:

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

Movie Connections:

References World of Warcraft (2004) (VG)

Soundtrack:

Macadam

why do they give money to these people?

I'll try to use words to describe this on....

I saw the original, which was good in its own way, but back then I should have feared a sequel.

And I was 'afraid' when I picked this one up, but now that I've seen it, I have to say, it's even worse then I thought. Why these movies still get money still makes my mind spin.

Let's start with the actors;they aren't all that good, but it has to be said, some make heads turn by being just plain awful. But what can an actor do with a script like this one. It's trying to be a copy of the original only this time the places have changed, any form of story is gone and any attempt of actually coming up with something that hasn't been done before, fails miserably. In a futile attempt to get it up-to-date, they try to make it exciting by making use of the whole 'big-brother' theme , but that has been worn out ages ago and offers nothing but a filler for between the beginning and the end. An attempt was made to try to save the movie by making a ton of references to the '83 original, but it just ended up being plain funny and sometimes a bit sad. In conclusion, if you have nothing , and I mean nothing , to do... go watch it, or play Frisbee... with the DVD.... by yourself. It'll offer you the same amount of fun.. I promise