Nationwide: Friday, July 13, 1984
Canada: Friday, July 13, 1984
Universal Pictures
After finally achieving the high score on Starfighter, his favorite arcade game, everyday teenager Alex Rogan (Lance Guest) meets the game's designer, Centauri (Robert Preston) -- who reveals that he created Starfighter as a training ground for developing and recruiting actual pilots to help fight a war in space. Whisked away from the banality of his trailer park life to a distant alien planet, Alex struggles to use his video game-playing skills to pilot a real ship, with real lives at stake.
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Rob O. - Rated it 4 out of 5
I enjoyed this movie when it first came out, the classic battle of good over evil. The humour is great, you get to know the characters, you can identify with them. For its day, 1984, the CGI was top notch, but look beyond that, and you will enjoy the film. I will definitely see it again on the big screen.