Cloak and Dagger

As a member of Gen-X, I lived through the age where computers and video games became part of daily life - and our homes. In true form, movies in the early 1980's explored the pros and cons of our technological age. Cloak and Dagger, starring Dabney Coleman and Henry Thomas was one such movie.

Henry Thomas is a young boy whose mother recently died; his imaginary friend is Jack Black - a video game super spy. As he plays spygames around San Antonio with his neighbor he witnesses a murder and receives a video game cartridge with government secrets from the victim.

Sure its a fairly cheesy movie (it was the early 1980s remember), but it does explore some intriguing ideas. Spies using electronics to smuggle secrets isn't a new idea, nor is hiding secrets in plain sight. Its fun to consider what I would do if the fantasy life provided by a video game became real. Could I really handle the hiding, seeking, exploring with the same level of aplomb?

Short, super cheesy - but a fun blast into the past. Just seeing these two kids travel all over the city (sans adults) is a great way to remember when times were simpler.