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Tron: Legacy Movie Review

Tron: Legacy is a 2010 science fiction action film directed by Joseph Kosinski and starring Garrett Hedlund and Jeff Bridges. It’s a highly underrated flick.

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“Life has a way of moving you past wants and hopes“

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Sam misses his father, a virtual world designer, and enters a virtual space that has become much more dangerous than his father intended. Now, both father and son embark upon a life-and-death journey. A lot has been said about this supposedly incomprehensible plot, but I personally disagree with that sentiment. The storyline is very good and an obvious improvement upon its predecessor.

Overall, this was a much better sequel than the original ‘Tron’ as it was more imaginative and better crafted as a whole. The opening was an excellent introduction that pleasantly reminded me of ‘Ready Player One’ while the film’s virtual reality sequences were mostly terrific, both the action and the storytelling. The world building is intricate and the main conflict was well set up.

The only issue here lies in the characterization, which is admittedly quite weak, though I still stand that it’s an improvement upon the original, which features even worse development for its characters. Jeff Bridges returned for the sequel and he’s the heart of the picture and by far his performance was the best one, which was to be expected. I also liked Garrett Hedlund to a degree, though the character himself is quite dull. Olivia Wilde’s Quorra was utterly underdeveloped. The same goes for Tron and Clu, but their presence was undeniably intimidating and they looked super cool.

The highlight of Tron: Legacy is the action itself. It’s amazing. It is rare for me to like an action-heavy blockbuster, but this was an exception as it’s incredibly well executed through and through. The action is kinetic, intense and consistently entertaining while also pleasantly reminding me of gaming. The fact that it wasn’t adapted for a game is ridiculous to me.

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The VFX are also incredible. The Academy snubbed these incredible effects for some stupid reason or another, but this was undoubtedly one of the best-looking CGI flicks during that period for Hollywood. The art direction is superb, the editing’s great and the pacing is mostly good, though some of its steam is lost in the standard second half. But the imagery is consistently striking and the costumes are great while the electronic score from Daft Punk is absolutely incredible. The disk duels were stupendous.