Tron review

The first version of this film was pretty advanced for an 80's film.
It showed the sign of the times of technological advances of the decade.

In a nutshell, a team of scientist build a machine that can break anything down to it's molecules, scan the data, and put it back together (possible?). An ex-scientist named Kevin Flynn [Bridges] turned game-junkie investigates his old software that's been seized by a tech corporation [ENCOM] that those scientist work for. Bridges snoops around the lab to hack a computer to reclaim the identity of his software. While he's snooping the 'scanning' invention scans him and he's transported into the digital world ["The Grid"]. Programs are personified and are manipulated in creative ways...


28 years later, TRON Legacy picks up with Flynn stuck in the grid with a son left behind. Flynn reclaimed the identity of his software in the first film, yet, nowhere to be found, Encom has been taken over by the board of directors. Flynn's son Sam [Hedlund] has about 55% ownership of the corporation in stock and wants nothing to do with the corporation. Kevin Flynn's old co-worker Alan [Boxleitner / Tron] is apart of the board of directors and is a harbinger for Sam that he has received a page from Sam's father. Sam checks out his dad's old arcade 'Flynn's' and discovers an old computer in his dad's private office. While trying to find out what his dad's old password may be the scanner device from the original is in the room. Sam inadvertantly sets it off to have himself scanned and  is whisked away to the grid.

Up to that point the viewer is rediscovering the plot of the original and playing some catch up. Once Sam is in the grid, put your seatbelt on. The film is a fast ride that you don't get off of until the very end.

This more futuristic grid is AMAZING & EYE-POPPING! Sam does find his dad and a lot more than he bargained for. Survival is a must. "Like father like son" Sam is quick witted and doesn't play by the rules of the world that he's in.

One of my favorite scenes/areas in the movie is when Sam finds his dad. Kevin Flynn's home is like something I've never seen before. It's very futuristic and minimalistic at the same time.

You really have to see this film.