I had this one on the DVR for awhile, and since we were suspending YouTubeTV until football season starts back up, I wanted to get it watched. After seeing it, most of it wasn't familiar, but the very end felt like I'd seen it before. I can't be sure.
This movie asks the question of what happens if you take the human element out of big, life or death decisions and replace them with AI. This is 1983, so we're talking about nuclear weapons. The government runs a test to see what would happen if they sent launch codes to missile sites, and the men couldn't get in touch with anyone to verify the orders. Would they blindly follow directions? The answer is...not all of them.
To insure the blind loyalty they want, the ultimate decision is left to a computer called WOPR. The problem arises when a high school kid is able to hack in and play a game with the computer. When it becomes clear the game isn't being played hypothetically, the kid wants to end the game, but the computer is still playing.
The film is pretty cool. I really enjoyed it, and the end made me tense. The animations at the end were impressive, and according to what I read, it took seven months to make those. The setup they used for NORAD were nicer than what they actually had at the time. Poor NORAD! This one earns a Good Movie! review, but I'll pass on the nice game of chess. I'm terrible at chess!
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