I haven’t seen this since it debuted in theaters. Amazingly, many of the iconic scenes have stuck with me all these years later and I was pleasantly surprised to see (especially the second half) holds up very well.
Matthew Broderick is his usual charismatic self (sheesh, I mean he’s freakin Ferris Bueller). I particularly liked a scene where Broderick has to escape his cell and uses practical hacking to do so. Great way to show his early hacking skills. Ally Sheedy doesn’t come off as very believable but was probably fine for the era. Barry Corbin gets some of the best lines as the tobacco chewing General Beringer.
Though the message is heavy handed, it still resonates and the computer game twists are cleverly executed. Recommended if you haven’t seen it in a while.