Taking it to the next level – Tron Review

Real action, cobalt blue lights, balloon rubber spray, cutting edge computer graphics and effects, skin-tight clothes and vehicles that would make Speed Racer jealous.

Although Tron: Legacy turned out to be a bit predictable and the storyline a bit dry and confusing, the movie was still a 10 out of 10 for mind-blowing effects.

In the movie, Jeff Bridges plays Kevin Flynn again, but this time, the hero is his son, Sam Flynn. Sam is left an orphan when his father suddenly disappears, and while the boy grows up, he becomes a regular to the local juvie. He hears a page was sent out from his father’s office and goes to check it out. Of course, he falls into the Grid, or the gaming world his father created, and realizes the empire has fallen into the tyrannical hands of Clu, his father’s gaming counterpart.

Immediately, the world turns into a very dark and perfect digital fortress, where programs, the digital people, are being rallied to invade the real world and wipeout human existence.

The action scenes were fast-paced, intense, and surprisingly smart, especially when the motorcycle-like vehicles, or lightcycles, busted out.

Compared to the 1982 Tron, this one was faster, sleeker and all around cooler. They finally made open air lightcycles and the costumes actually glowed (they weren’t just computer effects).

Jeff Bridges was fantastic, especially as his villain counterpart, Clu. Olivia Wilde played an important character, Quorra, and succeeds at kicking some serious program butt.

Not to mention the eye candy, Garrett Hedlund, who played Sam Flynn, the sassy young man who has conflicting feelings about his father and harbors a strong sense of justice.

I would recommend watching it for the futuristic world experience. It was thrilling and refreshingly new, and anybody can watch it, not only Tron fans. The sequel is canon, but it can stand alone.

Although the movie had nothing to do with Tron, Tron: Legacy is worth the trip to the theaters, end of line.