Starting a good premisse and walking an unusual ground the picture for some reasons never take off,a mix of juvenile action with a parallel word won't convince anyone,besides Dabney Coleman was maked by previous works as a crook is totally miscasting for this role,the high point are two old characters who stolen the show easily Jeanette Nolan and John McIntire and the rare opportunity to visit the legendary "The Alamo"at least on a brief time on TV.,and for those who loves Land of the Giants like me pay attention on Airport security chief.....Linden Chiles...Joe/Logar in the episode The Flight Plan,a bit too old...so good memories!!Resume:First watch: 1986 / How many: 3 / Source: TV-DVD / Rating: 6.5

Davey Osborne (Henry Thomas) lives in an imaginary world playing a game with superspy Jack Flack (Dabney Coleman). He lives with his single father Hal Osborne (Dabney Coleman) in San Antonio, Texas. He witnesses a murder and the victim gives Davey a Cloak & Dagger video game cartridge. The body disappears and nobody believes him. When the bad guys come after him, he turns to his friend Morris (William Forsythe) who runs the video game store at the mall. The bad guys kidnap his friend Kim and offers up a trade.Video game movies do have a bad reputation. This is a good kids movie with or without the video game tie-in. It has a few good Hitchcockian moves. It is a little unreal that he gets away from the bad guys so many times. It does lead to a great section on the boat ride. It is always great for a kids movie to have the adults not believe in the kid hero. This is a solid thriller except possibly for the bomb. That part doesn't really make sense.

Another film that my friend lent me, man, it's like she lent me the Brady Bunch variety pack of family friendly movies. :-P Eh, it's all good. But she bought this recently at a store and told me how it was one of her favorite childhood movies, when I told her I never saw it, she looked at me all shocked and told me that I simply had to see this movie. That it was so adorable and a great family film, so she lent it to me and here is my review.It's about this boy, Davey, and his imaginary friend, Jack Flack. Together they go on an adventure when Davey is in a hospital and sees a scientist who has just been shot and gives him a "Cloak and Dagger" game cover and tells him it's top secret. It turns out that the game opens up secrets of military weapons and now Davey is being chased by the bad guys who want this secret, but who can he trust? It was an alright film, I can see myself enjoying it when I was a kid, but as an adult, I wasn't really amused. I guess when you grow up with something, you still will always have a soft part in your heart for the movie, I think that's the case for my friend. But I'd recommend it for the kids despite some major unrealistic situations, it was a cute family film.5/10

This movie was on HBO everyday for a two month stretch when I was a kid. And I never missed it. I thought it was the coolest movie ever. I had those little high end soldier figures. Tons of them. You use to be able to buy all kinds of knights, civil war soldiers, modern soldiers. Great time to be a geek. :) I wish it was on DVD.