Cloak & Dagger

Name: Cloak & Dagger
Released: 1984-8-10
Cast: Henry Thomas, Dabney Coleman, Michael Murphy, Christina Nigra, William Forsythe

Cloak & Dagger

PG
1h 41m
1984

age 11+

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Davey Osborne is an imaginative youngster who loves role-playing games, and who often enlists the aid of his best friend, an imaginary super-spy named Jack Flack. One day he witnesses a real murder of an FBI agent who passes a videogame called "Cloak & Dagger" to him before he dies. When the police come, the body is gone, and no one will believe him, including his father, Col. Hal Osborne. Soon Davey finds himself up to his neck in hairbreadth escapes, real bullets, and slam-bang action as the hitmen close in. Can Jack save him before time runs out? Cloak & Dagger stars Henry Thomas of E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Dabney Coleman in a dual role of Jack and Davey's father, and Michael Murphy.

Director:

Richard Franklin

Producer:

Allan Carr

Writer:

Tom Holland

Cast:

Henry Thomas, Dabney Coleman, Michael Murphy, Christina Nigra, William Forsythe

Common Sense Media

age 11+

Common Sense Says

Fantasy-adventure is exciting but full of dark mayhem.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that this film is almost non-stop action, with lots of gunplay, many on-camera killings, and car chases, with two heroic kids frequently placed in dangerous predicaments (careening in cars; stalked, captured, and held hostage; shot at and threatened with bombs). In one scene, a boy is tricked into killing a villain. It's all make-believe, comic book violence, but it might easily be confusing or disturbing to very young viewers.