A new arcade game starts collecting teenagers rather than coins, sending its survivors into a very hazardous digital playground. The early computer imagery has museum-piece charm, while the solemn rules and artificial worlds turn a familiar warning about screen time into peculiar midnight entertainment.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
Acting
7/10
Plot
8/10
Effects
7/10
Dialogue
6/10
Rewatchability
6/10
“Please insert coin, then reconsider your entire afternoon.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 68
Synopsis and movie facts
Alex Manning and her friends decide to visit the local video arcade known as "Dante's Inferno" where a new virtual reality arcade game called "Arcade" is being test marketed by a computer company CEO. However, it soon becomes clear that the teenagers who lose are being imprisoned inside the virtual reality world by the central villain "Arcade" and takes over their minds.
