Twenty-eight years on, and the sequel to the original Tron has arrived. It is one of the years most anticipated movies but was it worth the hype and its reported $200 million budget? It is a sequel that has managed the rare achievement of surpassing the original and doesn’t disappoint as a spectacle however the story lacks a little in substance.
In the original, Kevin Flynn, (Jeff Bridges), is the programmer who designed the Grid (which is the digital world that the movie is set in), and has become trapped within the program. His son, Sam Flynn (Garett Hedlund), is left in the care of his grandparents, unaware of what has become of his Dad and grows up with the misguided belief that his father has either died or abandoned him. Like his father, he is a computer genius, but he is also a thrill seeker who unknowingly is about to take a path similar to the one his father took many years ago.
After being directed to his father’s secret hideout by an old family friend, he is transferred to the Grid. Sam is soon battling in gladiatorial style games before he is whisked to safety by Quorra (Olivia Wilde) and reunited with his father Kevin Flynn. Their plan is to escape but first they must overcome Kevn’s most advanced program, Clu, who is out of control and has no intention of letting them leave.
Tron: Legacy is displayed in 2D until the moment when Sam is propelled into the Grid where it then plunges you into the graphically beautiful 3D world and is on par with Avatar as one of the most visually stunning movies of the past decade. The hero of Tron; Legacy is played by Garett Hedlund but the true star of the movie is Jeff Bridges who reprises his role as Kevin Flynn and delivers an excellent performance. The ending leaves an opening for a sequel which may be the beginning of a new sci-fi franchise.
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