This movie was NOT good.

Rating: 4/10 (16 July 2018)

With the plethora of references to my childhood (and the age of the child playing the Atari 2600), it would seem the target audience is me. I loved the references to my past -- that is the reason I gave this movie four stars instead of the 2 or 3 it deserves -- it is also the only reason I did not turn it off after 30 minutes. The movie is just not good. The story is not good and the characters are not good. The presentation looks like a cut-scene from a video game -- and although they were IN a video game they still could have done better. Nothing that happens in the film is remotely believable. The "clever" twists were not clever. The characters had no depth, typical for video game characters, but less so when there are supposed to actual people behind those avatars. They give you no reason to care about these people... I fear that if the script had tried the actors still would have failed to pull it off. I cannot believe how bad this movie was in light of the fact that I AM THE TARGET AUDIENCE. Massive disappointment. Watch it only if you want to enjoy A LOT of references to nerd-culture of the 80s (and some 70s and 90s) woven into a boring "story".