

Nightmaster
1988-07-01 · 87 min · ★ 4.1
By day, Robbie (Tom Jennings) and his girlfriend, Amy (Nicole Kidman) are high school students. By night, they become top contenders in highly competitive simulated war games designed to test their athletic abilities and intellectual superiority. Although Robbie is a champion of the game, he soon realizes the extent of his instructor's fanatic extremes and the once-friendly game becomes real-life... and real life becomes a deadly game.
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- Directors
- Mark Joffe
- Production companies
- Somerset Film Productions, Cine-Funds Limited
- Countries
- Canada, Australia
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Tom JenningsRobby Mason
Nicole KidmanAmy Gabriel
Joanne SamuelSonia Spane
Vince MartinSteve Beck
Craig PearceGuy Duncan
Paul GleesonPeter Hastings
Mark HennessyAloysius Askew
Christopher Truswell'Fingers' Hough
James LugtonTote 'Ali' Bent
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