Best movie of this year hands down!

What a freaking movie. So many twists and turns. Absolutely intense from start to finish.

it is finally so absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that’s also a detective story.

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

First of all, I think this is an excellent film. It's perfect for its targeted juvenile audience and can be appreciated by adults as well. The question I want to raise is how "real" is the little boy Davey's imaginary friend Jack Flack. Throughout the film he is presented as an imaginary playmate whom nobody but the boy can see. Then, toward the end, a couple of incidents occur that make you believe that Jack Flack may have a certain level of reality beyond the boy's imagination. First, there is a scene in which Davey is running along the Riverwalk in Austin. There are a number of sidewalk cafés located there. It is late at night and the area is deserted except for Davey and the killers chasing him. Jack Flack is sitting at a table drinking a cup of coffee and offers Davey some advise as he passes by. Davey runs on and as the killers pass the table, it is of course empty but the coffee cup is still there. Shortly thereafter, Davey is cornered by a killer. Davey has a pistol and attempts to threaten the killer, who laughs. Jack is standing next to Davey, unseen by the killer. Davey keeps talking to Jack and glancing at him. The killer Is confused by this and tries to see to whom he is speaking. Jack moves away from Davey and calls to the killer, who fires at a shadow or something he thinks he might have seen. When Jack goes down, Davey fires at the gunman, killing him. Jack stands up but Davey is angry that he has been forced to kill a man and tells him he doesn't want to play any more. Jack says, "You're just the same as your father. We used to play Cowboys and Indians but then he got mad and broke his toys." At that point Jack begins to "die". Before he does, he tells Davey, "You're the best playmate I've ever had." To me, these instances indicate that Jack inhabits a level of existence that goes beyond imagination. He is some sort of trans-generational immortal entity that passes from parent to child. Or maybe I just never wanted to give up my toys. That's why I cried at the end of Toy Story 3.

I fondly remember this movie and watch it to this day. Its amazing how, as kids, we saw this movie in the 80s where a child is being chased, shot at, almost stabbed, threaten to have his knee caps blown off and shot in the gut, kill 3 guys (2 not by him but caused by him)and be held hostage...and it was a family film rated PG! Still this movie didn't dumb down the dangers of real violence, international terrorism, espionage, and dangerous people. A movie made like this today would make the kid a genius and the bad guys clumsy and stupid. I do miss serious films like this for kids. They never dumbed it down and took the audience seriously. Movies like Poltergeist, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Dark Crystal (Which scared me to death), The Neverending Story, and more always played to the intelligence of the audience. Now all we have is fart jokes and one-note slapstick. When my kids get old enough I do want them to watch these 80s film and learned to appreciate good film-making, something lacking in the 21st century, and by box-office results, the audience notices it too.

It was commented by another reviewer that the movie should have been rated PG-13 due to the violence of the movie. However, it should be pointed out that the PG-13 rating had just been created the year this movie was released and the definitions of content were still a bit loose between PG and PG-13. Therefore, movies that should have been rated PG-13 were still being released as PG (Beetlejuice being one example) for some time after it's creation.That being said, the PG rating is defined as follows: Rated PG Parental Guidance Suggested—Some Material May Not Be Suitable For Pre-Teenagers That's a very loose definition and certainly doesn't imply a movie is meant for young children.PG-13 doesn't prohibit children under 13 from seeing a particular movie (even alone). It alters the definition to the following: Rated PG-13: Parents are strongly cautioned to give special guidance for attendance of children under 13 Either one seems to fit the content. Younger children may find some of the deaths disturbing (there are something like 10 of them - though some are a bit more surreal than others). Henry Thomas's character does act disturbed by some of them, which may lend empathy to the viewer.Like any movie where there is some violence, I would view this along with your children, rather than allow them to see it alone.

Cloak and Dagger was one of my favorite films as a child and continues to hold up well as time passes by. A reminder, in many ways, how much Dabney Coleman's performances marked the years 1980-1985. Henry Thomas remains in many ways one of a scant few child actors to make their mark in multiple films (something Disney has struggled with in recent years, even with the attempts to market mediocre talents like Hilary Duff and Lindsey Lohan). And in an era where role playing games of any nature were looked down on, this portrayed them in a heroic light-"Jack Flack always escapes".There are a number of skilled character actors who make up the supporting cast for this film, and the script continues to hold up to today's standards. In many ways, this film should act as a template for movie studios looking to craft a story for young audiences, as opposed to "Shark Boy and Lava Girl".