WarGames: The Dead Code Review (Updated)

WarGames: The Dead Code

Release Date: 17th December 2008 - 

Australia (Direct to Video)

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Genre: Thriller

Rating: M

Runtime: 96 minutes

Plot Summary

Hacking into a secure

network of online games

known as R.I.P.L.E.Y.,

Will Farmer stumbles

onto a national defence

system created to track

down fleeing terrorist

groups and becomes 

Ripley's next target! His 

hometown was in the

crosshairs of an automated

military response, his

identity compromised, 

and his family and friends 

endangered. Will's only

hope of clearing his name

is to beat Ripley. But it is 

a race against time to stop

Ripley from triggering

Armageddon as the game

escalates to the next level!

Cast

Matt Lanter - Will Farmer

Amanda Walsh - Annie D'Mateo

Colm Feore - T. Kenneth Hassert/

Joshua (Voice)

Chuck Shamata - Bill Carter

Maxim Roy - Tina Rashe

Nicolas Wright - Dennis Nichols

Gary Reineke - Stephen Falken

Susan Glover - Gail Farmer

Trevor Hayes - Agent Aaron Scott

Claudia Ferri - Agent Bolton

Vlasta Vrana - Ivan Prokosh

Ricky Mabe - Newman (DNI Tech)

Claudio Black - R.I.P.L.E.Y. (Voice)

Russell Yuen - David Chen

Robert Hidgen - Mr. Baron

John Maclaren - Norman Paget

John Koensgen - Martin Cavanaugh

Alberto Delburgo - Sayid Massude

Lucinda Davis - Joleen Dupree

Neil Napier - Teacher

Matthew Raudsepp - Doug Maltz

Danny Blanco Hall - The Groom

Alain Gauthier - Internet Cafe Guy

David Schaap - General Stradler

Jean-Robert Bourdage - Hot Dog Vendor

Crew
Director - Stuart Gillard
Based on Characters - Lawrence Lasker

and Walter F. Parkes
Story - Rob Kerchner
Story/Screenplay - Randall Badat
Executive Producers - Hudson Hickman,

Sara Berrisford and Craig Roessler
Producer - Irene Litinsky

Casting Directors - Andrea Kenyon,

Paul Weber and Randi Wells
Production Designer - Guy Lalande

Art Director - Réal Proulx

Costume Designer - Claire Nadon
Director of Photography - Bruce Chun

Special Effects Supervisor - Louis Craig

Special Effects Coordinators - Denis Lavigne

and Pierre 'Bill' Rivard

Visual Effects Supervisors - Alexandre LaFortune

and Mario Rachiele
Editor - Robin Russell

Supervising Sound Editor - Mark Friedgen

Sound Designer - Richard Steele

Re-Recording Mixers - Terry O'Bright

and Keith Rogers
Music - John Van Tongeren

Review

I've always disliked the idea of horrendous, lower-budget sequels being released straight to DVD, like the one for the classic movie WarGames. THE DEAD CODE premiered twenty-five years after the original film, but none of the actors want to return in this atrociously bad instalment. Neither Matthew Broderick nor Ally Sheedy will be making their cameo appearances in this cash-grab. It was a needless attempt to turn WarGames into an ongoing series, with each movie intended to be more thrilling and complex than the original classic. The storyline was a retread of the original WarGames, but felt confused and rushed in execution.

Matt Lanter and Amanda Walsh are the lead actors in the redundant sequel. However, neither of them displays any acting skills for this kind of movie. Even the mundane, second-rate direction could not save the film. Their two performances weren't the best and are most likely the worst in history.

THE DEAD CODE is a sequel nobody wants, and it has to get booted out of the franchise. None of you cinema-goers will ever want to watch this one, as THE DEAD CODE is enough to drop your IQ points by thirty. So stay tuned for the following review, folks!

Star rating: (3/10) Disappointing

Back to Home