Hacker and arcade owner Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges) is desperately trying to prove that the biggest video game hits from ENCOM were stolen from him by a former co-worker, who became a senior executive there by stealing Flynn's work. However, ENCOM's Master Control Program is devouring all other computer programs in order to become the controlling program in the world. One night, the MCP catches Flynn in his attempted hack and drags him into the virtual world. Flynn realizes that the MCP is making life in th...