The Lightning Code
2025 · Movie · NR · 88 min · ★ 5.5
A teenage inventor discovers a breakthrough that could provide limitless energy, only to have a powerful company seize control and twist it toward dangerous ends. Forced out and outmatched, he must rely on loyal friends and his own ingenuity to fight back before the technology becomes a weapon.
Also known as The Tesla Kid
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Details
- Years
- 2025
- Release date
- 2025-05-09
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Max quality
- HD
- TMDB rating
- 5.5/10 (6 votes)
About
If you enjoy underdog sci-fi adventures with young heroes, dangerous tech, and fast-moving conflict like Next Gen or Jurassic World, this should click; Not for you if you want grounded realism or subtle drama.
Pros: high-stakes premise; inventive teen hero; corporate villain tension | Cons: familiar setup; broad good-vs-evil; likely predictable beats
Themes
- evil corporation
- teenage boy
- boy genius
- corporate greed
- female villain
- woman director
- nikola tesla
- father son relationship
- independent film
- mysterious disappearance
- cliché
- perpetual energy
- +2 more
Cast & crew
Andrew Reid
as Miles Fletcher
Bruce Davison
as Nikola Tesla
Rose Reid
as Kennedy Blake
K.C. Clyde
as Bill Fletcher
René Ashton
as Catherine Blake
Dean Shortland
as Gerald Cooper
- RC
Richa Chandra
as Professor Adel Davarr
- CB
Callan Berry
as Young Miles Fletcher
- NK
Neil Kelly
as Micah Miller
Lindsey Shope
as Regina Fletcher
Directed by Kali Bailey