Review of Tron

Tron (1982)
6/10
Precursory film with Jeff Bridges who finds pulled into another world against baddie David Warner as corporate executive realizing evil-doings
9 October 2011
Original Sci-Fi film with rousing images and innovative computer generator scenarios about a creator whiz , a rebellious youngster ,who is flapped inside a computer game and haunted by the mysterious new world , undertaking a risked adventure . This cult movie deals with a computer genius named Kevin Flynn (a brave young man well played by Jeff Bridges who with his charisma keeps afloat the film ) , a youth once known as the world's leading video-game developer . When Kevin investigates the machine he soon finds himself pulled into a digital world where he has been trapped . During his investigation Kevin is zapped into another dimension and finds himself a player in a giant gladiatorial video-game competition . As he is sucked inside a powerful computer where he must fight for his life but with the help of the fearless partners and friends (Bruce Boxleiner and Cindy Morgan as Tron and Yori respectively ) embark on a life-or-death journey across a cyber universe , a universe created by Kevin himself that has become far more advanced with vehicles, weapons, digital outdoors and a ruthless villain (a computer generated David Warner) who will stop at nothing to prevent their escape and all sorts of bizarre things begin to happen .

This exciting movie is full of thrills , action-packed , fights , tension , suspense and overwhelming races , but also several commercial elements , including computer-simulated violence . This is a dynamic, fast-paced and amusing movie It's an enjoyable , if somewhat light-headed piece of escapism with state-of-art special effects . Big-budgeted film led to break into the booming Sci-Fi/adventure/fantasy market full of inventiveness and imagination . Full of action, it's complemented by spectacular scenes , breathtaking flights and duels with illuminated disks and balls . Stunning action though the story runs out of steam too soon , however the thrilling ending arises the film . The flick relies heavily on the overlong and death-defying races that are incredible and magnificently made by means of innovative 3D computer generator by that time of the 80s , though nowaday dated . The tale moves like a supersonic bullet for most of its running time and the last generation of fantastic computer generator effects steal the show . Contrived beyond belief with spectacular motorcycle races that play like video games , but slickly calculated to please 1980s audiences and children especially . Jeff Bridges is good as valiant racer , he's an instinctive , stubborn and valiant young man . Cindy Morgan is beautiful as computer-generated young . Colorful cinematography plenty of neon and glittering color by Bruce Logan . Impressive and groundbreaking production design by Darren Gilford . Stirring and moving musical score by Wendy Carlos , Stanley Kubrik's usual , though composed by means of synthesizer . The motion picture is well directed by Steven Lisberger .

Followed by a superior sequel , much better than original ¨Tron: Legacy(2010)¨ by Joseph Kosinski , and appears as producer Steven Lisberger , and also with the same actors as Jeff Bridges and Bruce Boxleitner , though doesn't appears David Warner , the former nasty executive , here replaced by Michael Sheen and Jeff Bridges in double role as good and bad guy ; furthermore , Olivia Wilde and Garrett Hedlund playing Kevin's son. ¨Tron¨ rating : 6,5 . Good , well worth watching , it proved to be a precursor for the modern cinema ,the movie boasts some impressive C.G. animation , reaching a high level of entertainment and excitement commensurate with its effect budget .It's viewing delight and amusing though toothless entertainment that benefits greatly from sympathetic acting and rudimentary but effective C.G special effects .
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