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The Last Starfighter. The song of a trailer park manager, Alex, plays an arcade game called The Last Starfighter after experiencing a tough day as a teenager, and gets max score. A mysterious car pulls up with someone who claims to have created the game, and he asks Alex to get in to discuss a proposition. Alex soon learns that he's been recruited to join a squadron of Starfighters to defend the entire universe from attack. Upon refusing, Alex is returned to Earth to decide on going back. When he returns to the star base, he finds that all the other candidates are dead, leaving him as the "last" Starfighter. Ultimately he returns to Earth after successfully defeating the enemy, where he picks up his girlfriend and leaves for space once more.
I'm not sure if I want to see it now, but I enjoyed your write-up.