Wargames: The Dead Code (2008) (V)

Director:

Stuart Gillard

Writers (WGA):

Randall M. Badat (teleplay)
Rob Kerchner (story) ...
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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 | Winter | Sarin | Defcon | Spirit River Generation Station

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
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	...	The Groom
Alain C. Gauthier	...	Internet Café Guy
David Schaap	...	General Stradler
Jean-Robert Bourdage	...	Hot Dog Vendor

Directed by
Stuart Gillard

Writing credits (WGA)
Randall M. Badat		(teleplay) (as Randall Badat)
Rob Kerchner		(story) and
Randall M. Badat		(story) (as Randall Badat)
Lawrence Lasker		(characters) &
Walter F. Parkes		(characters)

Produced by
Sara Berrisford	....	executive producer
Mike Elliott	....	producer
Hudson Hickman	....	executive producer
Irene Litinsky	....	producer
Craig Roessler	....	executive producer

Original Music by
John Van Tongeren

Cinematography by
Bruce Chun

Film Editing by
Robin Russell

Casting by
Paul Weber

Production Design by
Guy Lalande

Makeup Department
Christophe Giraud	....	makeup artist
Colleen Quinton	....	key makeup artist
Ghislaine Sant	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Sandrine Gros d'Aillon	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Alexandre Bernard	....	additional third assistant director
Angèle Gagnon	....	second assistant director
Matthew Jemus	....	first assistant director: second unit
Jacinthe Noreau	....	third assistant director
Michael Williams	....	first assistant director

Art Department
John-Michael Bellamy	....	multimedia supervisor
Marceline Gonin	....	property master
Jamie Knutson	....	property buyer
Hans Laliberté	....	art department coordinator assistant
Yanick Veilleux	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Nate Arrigoni	....	assistant sound editor
Bob Costanza	....	sound effects editor
Stephen Fitzmaurice	....	adr mixer
Anick Fleury	....	boom operator
Mark Friedgen	....	supervising sound editor
Penny Harold	....	dialogue editor
Terry O'Bright	....	sound re-recording mixer
Keith Rogers	....	sound re-recording mixer
Richard S. Steele	....	sound designer

Special Effects by
Amélie Bertrand	....	assistant to department coordinator
Adam Charbonneau	....	special effects technician
Yvon Charbonneau	....	pyrotechnician
Francis Choquette	....	special effects assistant
Louis Craig	....	special effects supervisor
André Laforest	....	special effects best boy
Tom Lane	....	special effects technician
Jacques Langlois	....	pyrotechnician
Denis Lavigne	....	special effects coordinator
Simon Martineau	....	special effects assistant: splinter unit
Guillaume Murray	....	special effects technician: splinter unit
Louis Pedneault	....	special effects technician
Pierre 'Bill' Rivard	....	special effects coordinator
Sebastien Roussel	....	pyrotechnician: splinter unit
Luc Therrien	....	special effects technician
Michel Verdon	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Eric Aubry	....	digital effects artist
Marie-Eve Bedard-Tremblay	....	visual effects coordinator
Danny Bergeron	....	visual effects executive producer: MOKKO Studio
Benoit Blouin	....	digital effects artist
Eddy Chan	....	digital artist: Mokko Studio
Vanessa Cheung	....	title design
Alain Omer Duranceau	....	computer graphics designer
Catherine Hébert	....	digital artist
Jonathan Laborde	....	digital effects artist
Alain Lachance	....	head of compositing: MOKKO Studio
Bruno-Olivier Laflamme	....	digital artist
Jean-Francois Lafleur	....	digital effects artist
Alexandre Lafortune	....	visual effects supervisor
Hugo Léveillé	....	digital compositor: Buzz Image Group
Jacques Levesque	....	visual effects producer
Guillaume Mainville	....	digital artist
Jonathan Piche-Delorme	....	digital compositor: Buzz Image Group
Vincent Poitras	....	digital compositor: Buzz Image Group
Mario Rachiele	....	visual effects supervisor
Greg Rochon	....	compositing: MOKKO Studio
Matthew Rouleau	....	digital matte painter
Marc A. Rousseau	....	visual effects producer: MOKKO Studio
Martha Soehendra	....	titles & credits design
Duy Tran	....	modeler
Alexandre Tremblay	....	digital compositor: Buzz Image Group

Stunts
Alain Bérard	....	stunt driver
Marcello Bezina	....	stunt performer
Ruth Chiang	....	stunt performer
Jere Gillis	....	stunt driver
Patrick Kerton	....	stunt performer
Gilbert Larose Jr.	....	stunt driver
Karine Lemieux	....	stunt double
Javier Segura	....	stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department
Eric Godbout	....	first assistant camera
Andre-Pierre Lampron	....	best boy lighting technician
Isabelle Lecompte	....	second assistant camera
Pierre Malo	....	electrician

Casting Department
Ivy Isenberg	....	casting associate
Johanne Titley	....	extras casting

Editorial Department
Mike Grant	....	assistant editor
Catherine Henry	....	assistant editor
David Richler	....	post-production coordinator
Heidi Tebo	....	project manager: The Post Group

Music Department
Christopher Mollere	....	music supervisor
Sonia Wisgo	....	music editor

Transportation Department
John Bober	....	transportation captain
Daniel Matthews	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Loïc Bernard	....	assistant to producer
Sandra Borromeo	....	production coordinator
Alain Bourassa	....	on-set playback
Kim De Pietro	....	location manager
Nutan Khanna	....	product placement and clearance coordinator
Gabriel Lavina	....	assistant to director
Mark Liphardt	....	technical consultant
Sarah Vachon	....	dailies

Production Companies

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Distributors

• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2009) (Belgium) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (Brazil) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (UK) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• FS Film Oy (2008) (Finland) (DVD)
• Gativideo (2008) (Argentina) (DVD)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Intrigue
• Mokko Studio (digital visual effects)
• Myotte Bellamy Productions

Other Companies

• Muse Entertainment Enterprises  production services
• Runway  post-production

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:

Revealing mistakes: The subway trains in Montreal run on rubber wheels and are actually very quiet. They do not make a clickety clack sound like trains with metal wheels.

Quotes:

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

Movie Connections:

References Alien (1979)

Soundtrack:

Macadam

Horrible!!!

Thank God I watched this at a friend's place and did not pay for it. The plot is horribly transparent and the whole movie felt like an episode of a TV show. If you have any knowledge of computers or electronics, watch out. You will feel feel like the movie is an insult to your intelligence.

Also, actress turned Much Music VJ Amanda Walsh displays the worst acting I have ever seen, excluding porn. She's lucky that Matt Lanter is actually decent. He's the one that carries the movie.

I hate that I wasted nearly two hours of my life watching this movie! It's a shame that they got to call it a sequel, because I was a fan of the original, which was actually pretty good.