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Directed and cowritten by Woody Allen collaborator Marshall Brickman, this comedy-thriller doesn't seem to know where it wants to go or what it wants to say (other than, obviously, nuclear weapons are...( read more 
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MCT:September 30, 2008A sort of cousing to "WarGames", this movie stars John Lithgow as a nuclear scientist who has developed the most pure form of plutonium known to man. The government sets him up in a laboratory in Ithaca, NY where he begins to date a local realtor played by Jill Eikenberry. Chistopher Collet plays her son, the science genius of the local high school. When he discovers what Lithgow is doing at the local factory, he devises a plan to steal a sample of the plutonium, and build a home made nuclear bomb...so he can with the science fair. With the help of his girlfriend, "Sex And The City"s Cynthia Nixon, he develops a scheme that's about as plausible as Matthew Broderick hacking into the nation's defense computer and starting World War III. What the movie has over WarGames is a real sense of tension. In WarGames, the military and government agents all seemed like rednecks and doofuses. They never really posed a credible threat. Here, the goverment is no nonsense, and you are shown that they are more than willing to kill this kid, who they see as a terrorist threat. Once the bomb is built, it's a cat and mouse game as the kid tries to avoid the government, while not realizing the danger he is in. He's convinced the government can't do anything to him because he's underage. When the device is accidentally activated, he finds out REAL fast how wrong he is. For the most part, the acting is strong and believable. Lithgow is one of the most versatile actors going, and he's great here. Collet is an actor who we never heard much from after this, but he's totally convincing as the science geek, filled with the self righteousness that only teenagers can posess. Nixon's performance may be fine, but her character is annoying. She's a hardheaded know it all with a big chip on her shoulder. At one point she even tells of government agents by defiantly stating that "I KNOW MY RIGHTS!!". Her character is the only weak spot in an otherwise outstanding 80's Cold War thriller.
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MCT:May 16, 2008If Disney made a movie about atomic weapons this would be it. A little too much cheese for my taste.
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MCT:November 5, 2007This was an interesting find...A gifted high school student who decides to construct a nuclear bomb for a national science fair... I loved the character of Paul...this seemingly to smart for his own good kinda kid with a plesant disposition and a underlying cynical attitude...he goes brave throughout the whole movie...2 thumbs up...
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MCT:September 23, 2007
I know I've seen this. I think it was ok, in an after school special kind of way. It was no "War Games".
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MCT:May 3, 2007
More possible in todays world, but back in the 80's a kid making a bomb was a real freaky thing. Today the possibilty of it happening is scary
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MCT:January 1, 2007A well-made fast paced thriller that has a pretty good plot. Christopher Collet plays an overachieving high school student make a bomb with plutonium stolen from a scientist played by (John Lithgow) One of the funniest lines in the movie, is "does anyone have a Philips head screwdriver? if you have not seen the movie you will know why when you see it.
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