Tron: Legacy (2010)
| Duration |
2h 5m |
Rating (UK) |
PG |
| Source of story |
The original Tron from 1982 |
| Writer/s Script |
Edward Kitsis, Adam Horowitz |
| Writer/s Story |
Edward Kitsis, Adam Horowitz, Brian klugman, Lee Sternthal plus Steven Lisberger and Bonny MacBird (characters) |
| Director |
Joseph Kosinski |
| Starring |
Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde, Bruce Boxleitner, Michael Sheen, Cillian Murphy |
| Elevator Pitch |
The son of a computer enterpreneur, tracking his father who disappeared twenty years earlier, finds himself transported into a computer generated world where he must engage in a form of gladiatorial combat to survive. He is rescued by a young woman who takes him to his father, alive but trapped on the “Grid”, and the trio together must thwart the ambitions of a rogue programme to take an army through the portal and take over the real world. |
| Content |
An almost continuous succession of set pieces, involving combat in one form or another, mostly with special discs. Also motor cycle montages, as a tribute to the original one would think. All the activities take place in the computer generated world. No nudity although some young women appear in body hugging suits, some drinking – but what is computer generated booze? |
| A View |
The critics were a bit negative about this outing, mainly because they felt that the characterisation was lacking, but honestly who cares. Like many others I was fascinated by the design of the virtual world, so that the two hours passed painlessly. I never looked at my watch once. Brilliant in its own way. Definitely worth your time if you like SF and have a really big TV screen (I have). |
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