It’s about President Will Cooper recruiting his childhood pal, former video-game champ and home-theater installer Sam Brenner, to lead a team of old-school arcade players and a military specialist in an all-out battle to save the planet after aliens misinterpret video feeds of classic arcade games as a declaration of war and attack Earth using the games as models.
Aliens misinterpret video feeds of classic arcade games as a declaration of war and attack Earth using technology inspired by the same games. A group of former video game champions is called upon to use their gaming skills to defend the planet.