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Video game experts are recruited by the military to fight 1980s-era video game characters who've attacked New York.
Language
Budget$88,000,000
Revenue $244,900,000
English
Budget$88,000,000
Revenue $244,900,000
Keywords
new york city
london, england
usa president
washington dc, usa
video game
nerd
alien
gamer
single mother
alien invasion
divorcee
centipede
childhood friends
military
gaming
divorced man
alien attack
1980s
cable guy
live action and animation
donkey kong
darpa
taj mahal, india
guam
arcade game
world war
alternative world
old school
based on short
pattern
best friends
pixelation
video arcade
space invaders
galaga
pac-man
Casts

Adam Sandler
Brenner

Kevin James
Cooper

Michelle Monaghan
Violet

Peter Dinklage
Eddie

Josh Gad
Ludlow

Matt Lintz
Matty

Brian Cox
Admiral Porter

Denis Akiyama
Professor Iwatani

Sean Bean
Corporal Hill (SAS Officer)

Jane Krakowski
First Lady Jane Cooper

Dan Aykroyd
1982 Championship MC

Affion Crockett
Sergeant Dylan Cohan

Lainie Kazan
Mickey Lamonsoff

Ashley Benson
Lady Lisa

Tom McCarthy
Michael the Robot

Tim Herlihy
Defense Secretary

Jackie Sandler
President's Assistant Jennifer

Jared Sandler
White House Junior Aide Jared

William S. Taylor
Navy Secretary

Rose Rollins
White House Press Secretary

Tucker Smallwood
CIA Chief

Serena Williams
Serena Willams

Martha Stewart
Martha Stewart

Allen Covert
Abusive Citizen

Bill Lake
NY Police Commissioner
Mark Whelan
Colonel Devereux

Dan Patrick
White House Reporter #1

Robert Smigel
White House Reporter #2
Steve Koren
White House Reporter #3

Sadie Sandler
Lemonadie Sadie

Sunny Sandler
Sweet Scout Girl
Hannah Covert
Arcader Choir Girl
Abigail Covert
Classroom Scout Girl
Sienna James
Classroom Scout Girl
Shea James
Classroom Scout Girl

Chris Titone
Soccer Player

Jonathan Loughran
White House Gate Guard

Toru Iwatani
Electric Dream Factory Repairman

Anthony Ippolito
13-Year Old Brenner
Jared Riley
13-Year Old Cooper
Andrew Bambridge
13-Year Old Eddie
Jacob Shinder
8-Year Old Ludlow

Jack Fulton
Little Boy on London Street
Kevin Grady
Samurai Gamer

Bridget Graham
Cyber Chick

Jocelyn Hudon
Cyber Chick

Margaret Killingbeck
Old Woman in London Apartment

Ron Mustafaa
Indian Teenage Boy

Meher Pavri
Indian Teenage Girl

Annika Pergament
News Reporter
Lamont James
Seal

James Preston Rogers
Seal
Bola Olubowale
Seal

Rob Archer
Seal

Mark Sparks
Fighter Pilot

Steve Wiebe
DARPA Scientist

Sara Haines
TV News Anchor

Derwin Philips
Secret Service Man

Michael Boisvert
Secret Service Man

Colleen Reynolds
Abusive Citizen

Jimi Shlag
Abusive Citizen
Emily Jenkins
Abusive Citizen
Sistah Lois
Sergeant Cohan's Mother
Andrew McMichael
Arcade Employee
Gary Douglas
DC Valet
Eric Trask
Warden

Susie McLean
Press Person

Daryl Hall
Daryl Hall

John Oates
John Oates

Matt Frewer
Max Headroom (voice)

Billy West
Additional Character Voice (voice)
Holly Beavon
Additional Character Voice (voice)

Fiona Shaw
Prime Minister (uncredited)

Nick Swardson
Pac-Man Victim (uncredited)

Joshua Holmes
Arcader (uncredited)

Jean Christophe Loustau
SWAT Team Member (uncredited)
Dave Reachill
Lab Technician (uncredited)
Tyler Malazo
Choir Kid (uncredited)

Carlos Alazraqui
Tattoo (voice)

Billy West
Q*Bert
Holly Beavon
Madonna (voice)
Crews
Mariko Saito
Stunts

Zandara Kennedy
Stunts

Bernadette Couture
Stunts

Alicia Turner
Stunts

Irma Leong
Stunts

Alicia Turner
Stunt Double

Layton Morrison
Stunt Coordinator
Mariko Saito
Stunt Double

Zandara Kennedy
Stunt Double
Christine Ebadi
Stunts

Ana Shepherd
Stunts
Bob Brown
Stunt Coordinator

Krista Bell
Stunts
Jennifer Murray
Stunts

Sharon Canovas
Stunts

Sally Bishop
Stunts
Marie-Ève Beckers
Utility Stunts

Larissa Stadnichuk
Stunts
Stephanie Fonceca
Stunts

Shelley Cook
Stunts
Rick James
Camera Trainee

Tim Herlihy
Screenplay

Chris Columbus
Director

Owen Walstrom
Stunt Driver

Clay Cullen
Stunt Driver
Aaron Vexler
Stunts
Patrick Jean
Story

Timothy Dowling
Screenplay

Lauro David Chartrand-DelValle
Stunts

Rosemary Brandenburg
Set Decoration
Rosalie Board
Set Decoration
Brenda McClennin
Set Decoration Buyer
Byron Patchett
Set Dresser
Richard L. Johnson
Supervising Art Director
Andrew Redekop
Assistant Art Director
Stephen Christensen
Art Direction
Eric Schoellnast
VFX Artist
Jane Janigan
Set Dresser
Nancy Capper Au
Costume Supervisor
Anthony Zwartouw
VFX Artist
Elizabeth Schafer Knovick
Visual Effects Producer
Peter Grundy
Art Direction
Jo-Ann MacNeil
Makeup Department Head
William Cheng
Set Designer
Erin Daprato
Set Costumer
Leslie Sebert
Makeup Artist
Patricia Larman
Set Decoration Buyer

Steve Slanec
ADR Editor
Edson Williams
Visual Effects
Thomas Reppen
Visual Effects Producer
Ann Pala
Makeup Department Head
Chris Bretecher
Set Designer
Luke Dunn Gielmuda
Sound Effects Editor
Pierre Bonnette
VFX Artist
Svjetlana Jaklenec
Set Dresser
Daniel Kramer
Visual Effects Supervisor
Emilien Dessons
Visual Effects Supervisor
Don Lee
Visual Effects Supervisor
Beau Janzen
VFX Artist
Luke Freeborn
Art Direction
Sheila E. Pruden
Costume Supervisor
Andrew M. Young
Visual Effects Supervisor
Bryan Godwin
Visual Effects Supervisor
Eddy Richard
Visual Effects Supervisor
Tarun Kripalani
Visual Effects Producer
Alessandro Cioffi
Visual Effects Supervisor
Dave Levine
Visual Effects

Christian Hejnal
Visual Effects Producer
Adam Kopald
Sound Effects Editor

Steve Slanec
Supervising Sound Editor
Lily Shapiro
Visual Effects Producer
Jesse Morrow
VFX Artist
Aric Cheng
Set Designer
Alexandra Hooper
Set Decoration Buyer
Pinto Sasikumar
Visual Effects Producer
Pawel Grochola
VFX Artist

Ramsey Avery
Supervising Art Director
Mark Alan Loso
VFX Artist
Gunnar Radeloff
VFX Artist
Stephanie Molk
VFX Artist
Mårten Larsson
Visual Effects Supervisor
Peter Wenham
Production Design
Karl Crosby
Set Designer
Noelle King
Set Designer
Jennifer Wood
Set Decoration Buyer
Natasha Peschlow
Assistant Art Director
Rémi Pierre
VFX Artist
Lina Hum
VFX Artist

Matthew E. Butler
Visual Effects Supervisor
Austin Baerg
VFX Artist
Sean Bourdeau
Grip
Michael Galbraith
Gaffer
Max Leonard
Visual Effects Producer
Reggie Fourmyle
VFX Artist
Komal Dogra
VFX Artist
Denise Davis
Visual Effects Producer
Andrew Caney
Grip

Chris Columbus
Producer
Ben Waisbren
Executive Producer
Steve Nichols
Animation Supervisor
Julien Lasbleiz
VFX Artist
Matias Boucard
Executive Producer
Patrick Jean
Executive Producer

Amir Mokri
Director of Photography
David Humphreys
Animation
Brian Franklin
Animation
Benjamin Darras
Executive Producer
Heather Parry
Executive Producer
Jocelyn Cofer
Animation
Pericles Michielin
Animation
Anna Cardillo
Animation
Richard Smith
Animation
Steve Koren
Executive Producer

Adam Sandler
Producer
Ellen Hoffmann
Animation

Jack Giarraputo
Executive Producer

Hughes Winborne
Editor
Atsuo Fujiwara
Animation
Barry Bernardi
Executive Producer

Mark Radcliffe
Producer

Allen Covert
Producer
Kevin Grady
Co-Producer
Emilie Goulet
Animation

Seth Gordon
Executive Producer
Julius Kwan
Animation
Nicholas St. Clair
Animation
Liz Bernard
Animation
Dana Howes
Transportation Coordinator
Arlene Halpenny-Heeley
Picture Car Coordinator

Michael Barnathan
Executive Producer
Barbara J. McCarthy
Casting

Henry Jackman
Original Music Composer
Christine Wada
Costume Designer

Angela Demo
Casting

Tim Herlihy
Screenstory
La Peikang
Executive Producer

George Hull
Conceptual Design

Paul Robertson
Animation

Declan Mulvey
Stunt Driver

Blaise Corrigan
Stunts

Jon H. Epstein
Stunt Coordinator

Branko Racki
Stunts
Bob Brown
Second Unit Director

Chris Cenatiempo
Stunts
Johnny Alves
Executive Producer
Jimmy N. Roberts
Stunt Driver
K.C. Hodenfield
First Assistant Director

Steve Boeddeker
Sound Designer
Gary Summers
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Jan Philip Cramer
Animation Director
Joel Behrens
Compositing Supervisor

Vincent Papaix
Digital Compositor
Holly Sedillos
Vocals
Eric Kasanowski
Compositing Artist
Peng Zhang
Fight Choreographer
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