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.
Practical Effects
The physical Arcade cabinet is gloriously overdesigned 90s excess.
Acting
Seth Green's pre-Buffy panic face deserves an award.
Visual Effects
Early CGI so janky it loops back to charming.
Director
Albert Pyun
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Peter Billingsley is the same kid from A Christmas Story — Ralphie grew up to fight evil VR.
This was Full Moon Features' attempt to ride the 90s virtual reality panic, complete with a video game tie-in that barely functioned.
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