ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

The Code (2001 film)

Alright kiddo, do you remember playing with LEGOs? Imagine you built a big tower with all the colorful bricks. Now imagine that you took a picture of that tower and told your friend to try and build the same thing just by looking at the picture. That's kind of like what happens in the movie The Code.

This movie is about some really smart computer programmers who create a secret code that is supposed to keep information safe from bad guys. But one of the programmers, named Milo, is worried that the code is too powerful and could be used for bad things. So he decides to hide the code by putting it into a computer file and then making it all jumbled up, like a puzzle.

Milo then tells his friend, Stanley, where to find the puzzle file and gives him some clues to help solve it. But Stanley gets into some trouble and ends up on the run from some dangerous people who also want the code. So he has to try and solve the puzzle before they catch him and get their hands on the code.

Now, decoding the puzzle is not easy for Stanley or anyone watching the movie. There are a lot of complicated computer terms, mathematical formulas, and even some spy stuff involved. But the movie tries its best to explain it all in simple terms so that even a little kid could understand.

In the end, Stanley and his friends are able to solve the puzzle and save the code from falling into the wrong hands. And they do it all using their brains and some pretty cool computer skills.

So, even though The Code might seem like a complicated movie, it's really just a cool story about some smart people trying to use their brains to solve a puzzle and stop the bad guys.