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Cloak & Dagger (1984)

Directed by Richard Franklin

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.

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Director Gina Prince-Bythewood ( Love & Basketball , Cloak & Dagger ) knows what works and exploits those elements.
Brandon Davis • ComicBook.com • Jul 3, 2020
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Prince-Bythewood, while still best known for her singular romantic drama “Love & Basketball,” is no stranger to comic book work, having been long attached to direct “Silver and Black” (a Sony production meant to team up Spiderman stars Silver Sable and Black Cat) and even directing an episode of Marvel’s short-lived “Cloak & Dagger” series.
Kate Erbland • IndieWire • Jul 3, 2020
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Prince-Bythewood, usually associated with romantic dramas like Love and Basketball or Beyond the Lights , isn’t the first name you’d think of for a film like this (though her work directing the series premiere of Freeform’s Cloak & Dagger showed she was more than ready).
Abby Olcese • Crooked Marquee • Mar 3, 2024
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