In the summer of 1982, young Sam Brenner and Will Cooper are playing in the arcade, and Brenner enters an arcade game world championships. At the event, the MC tells that a time capsule will be launched into space containing elements of the championships. Brenner and Cooper meet Ludlow Lamonsoff, a weird but brilliant kid who's in love with Lady Lisa (the main character of the game Dojo Quest). After Brenner gets through every game , he faces hotshot gamer Eddie Plant in Donkey Kong. Brenner comes in second while Eddie wins.
In the present, Brenner works for a company that installs software and Cooper is the President of the United States. In Guam, a US military base is attacked. The soldiers try to fight back, but are easily defeated, and one soldier is abducted.
Brenner is sent to work at the home of Violet Van Patten, a divorcée who lives with her son Matty. Brenner heads to the White House after receiving a call from Cooper. To his surprise, he finds out that Violet is a Lieutenant Colonel. Cooper brings Brenner into the Oval Office to show him the attack in the base. Brenner says that the way the attack was carried out was like in the classic version of the video game Galaga.
Later, Brenner drives home when Ludlow suddenly appears inside his van. Ludlow takes Brenner to his home where he says that the aliens are sending creatures with classic video game designs to attack. Ludlow found a message using manipulated footage of 80's icons to explain their plans : alien life found the tapes in space and saw it as a threat; they are using the video games as a challenge. If they win three rounds, they will invade the Earth and claim it as their own territory. The soldier they took was a "trophy". They show the video to Cooper and determine that the next attack will happen in India, but they are too late as the aliens attack the Taj Mahal with Arkanoid paddles and abduct another person.
Brenner and Ludlow are brought in to "train" soldiers by showing them how to play these games. Violet shows Brenner and Ludlow that the pixels are taken down by strong light beams. The next attack will happen in London. The soldiers brace for attack in Hyde Park, and the Centipede characters appear in the sky. Brenner tells the men to shoot the head and anticipate the pattern, but they lack the skills, so more appear. Brenner and Ludlow take over with permission from Cooper and they defeat them. The aliens send a message to congratulate them on their victory, and give the Duck Hunt dog as a trophy to an old lady, but remind that they are leading 2-1.
New York City is the place of the next attack. Ludlow and Cooper say that they need help from someone else. Brenner, Cooper, and Violet go to a prison to find Eddie, who is serving a sentence for fraud. Cooper agrees to let Eddie out of prison in exchange for his help.
The team discovers that they are going to face Pac-Man and in order to succeed they need to defeat it three times. Violet presents them with four cars based on the ghosts in Pac-Man, with the other car driven by the game's creator Toru Iwatani. In the downtown area Iwatani tries to appeal to Pac-Man as his son, but gets his hand chomped off instead. The remaining three chase after Pac-Man. He eats a power pellet, which gives him the ability to eat ghosts, and eats Ludlow's car as he jumps. Eddie hits the first Pac-Man after catching up to him quickly to the surprise of everyone. The second one also gets taken out by Eddie, but going after the third, he winds up accidentally driving into the East River. Brenner chases him but Pac-Man finds another power pellet. Brenner counts down and drives backwards through a parking garage.The power pellet wears off before Pac-Man can eat Brenner's car, and he is defeated. As a result, they're given Q*bert as a trophy.
The team have a ball to celebrate the victory. All seems going well, until the aliens send another message saying the rules have been violated and the "challenge" for the planet has been forfeited. Matty finds out Eddie's sunglasses had codes in them, proving he was the one that cheated. Eddie flees the scene and Matty is taken by the aliens.
The aliens bring down more video games upon Washington, DC as they prepare to take over the Earth. Cooper joins the team, while Ludlow stays to fight. One of the aliens takes the form of Lady Lisa. She fights him until he says he loves her, and they share a kiss. Eddie comes to fight as well. Brenner, Violet, Cooper and Q*Bert get brought up to the space ship where they have to face Donkey Kong. Everyone tries to reach the captives as Donkey Kong rolls barrels down. Matty reveals to Brenner what he found out about Eddie. Brenner takes the hammer and throws it at Donkey Kong, destroying him. This causes the video games to freeze and then are brought back up to the ship, including Lady Lisa.
The team is recognized as heroes. A peace agreement has been made, so the aliens won't attack anymore. Eddie reluctantly tells Brenner he is the best video game player. Q*bert transforms to Lady Lisa so Ludlow is happy. Brenner and Violet become a couple, while Eddie gets an erotic text message from Serena Williams and Martha Stewart. The alien ship finally departs from Earth, and Iwatani's hand is restored. One year later Ludlow and Lisa are a married couple and parents of five Q*berts.
5 Q*Berts?That was Shit....,So I Give this Film 4 Star(4/5)
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