Cloak & Dagger

Cloak & Dagger

It's not just a game anymore.

Directed by Richard Franklin

Produced by Universal Pictures, Allan Carr Production

1984101 min6.4 / 10

A family adventure that blends a grieving boy's imaginative escape with genuine danger, balancing playful spy-game fantasy against real stakes and loss.

Davey Osborne is an average 11-year-old boy with an overactive imagination. He spends his days playing video games and pretending to be a spy with his imaginary father-figure, Jack Flack - a substitute for his real father, who is struggling with the recent death of Davey's mother. However, fantasy becomes reality for Davey after he witnesses the murder of an FBI agent, who in his dying breath, gives Davey a mysterious video game cartridge called Cloak & Dagger, which in actuality contains top-secret government information. With the help of his younger friend Kim, the tech savvy Morris, and even a little help from his fictional secret agent mentor, Davey must stay one step ahead of pursuers as he tries to survive a real-life game of espionage in the streets of San Antonio, Texas.

Questions people ask

  • Does Cloak & Dagger end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 81% of films.

  • Is Cloak & Dagger easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 67% of films.

  • Is Cloak & Dagger sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.

  • Is Cloak & Dagger violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Cloak & Dagger scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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