In 1983,
the world was different. In Europe, people demonstrated against nuclear
missiles, were afraid of the Red Invasion or the always ‘around the
corner’ threat of a nuclear attack. The movie Wargames
was probably one of the most ‘pertinent’ reminders of this Cold War
period of the Eighties. It’s amazing to find out how the world has
changed since then.
The movie tells the story of a nerd (Matthew Broderick) who
accidently finds a backdoor in a computer program and almost
brings NORAD at the edge of starting a nuclear war. Nowadays the
movie is way out of time, but is still historically interesting.
The story line isn’t really as strong as I originally thought when I
watched it as a kid (too fast), but on the overall, still good to
watch. Mind the ‘old’ computers then.