Movie Review: Tron: Legacy

Oh lord another December, another shitfest blockbuster that I had zero interest in seeing that I ended up seeing against my will. Last year around the same time, I saw Avatar. I'm not going into detail about that experience right now, but let's say I didn't enjoy it. Tron: Legacy suffers from the same issues as Avatar, it's a high-budget ball of shit with almost zero redeeming qualities.

Tron: Legacy picks up where the first installment left off, but let's be honest did anyone really see the original? Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges) disappears in 1989, after telling his son about "The Grid" and two programs known as Tron and Clu that are assisting him creating the perfect virtual world. Fast forward twenty years and Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund) is still haunted by his father's disappearance. After a visit from one of his dad's best friend's Alan (Bruce Boxletiner) informing him of a page he got from his dad's old arcade, Sam pays a visit to the arcade. When Sam arrives to the arcade, he discovers the world that his dad has created. The world Kevin Flynn has created has been overrun by Clu(also played by Bridges). Sam needs to help out his father and help overrun Clu and regain control of the world his father created.

Tron: Legacy is a steaming turd of a film. It seriously fails at everything it tries to do. For a movie that's supposed to have these crazy action scenes, it falls way short in that department. In it's 2 hour runtime, there is about 3 action scenes and they are all terrible. It seriously feels like you are watching a Beyblade cartoon. You really don't see action this poorly done very often. The storyline is also fucking stupid, the story is paper thin and nonsensical. This wouldn't be such a big issue if it didn't try to develop it so strongly. The entire movie is trying to build this epic, super-serious plot when it's completely unaware how cheesy and flat-out fucking dumb it is. The acting is also god awful. Garrett Hedlund looks baffled the entire duration of the film and is one of the worst heroes in recent memory. You know your film is in trouble when one of the finest actors around, Jeff Bridges, turns in a weak performance. This is the worst performance I have ever seen from the normally spectacular Bridges, Apparently the dog shit acting virus was contagious on set.

Sure Tron: Legacy is nice to look at, but it's pretty much the film equivalent of owning a Ferrari with no motor, it's nice to look at, but it's fucking useless. This is pretty much the 2010 version of Avatar. It's an overhyped, fanboy-driven machine that takes itself way too seriously, has lame action, cheesy dialogue, and weak acting. Outside of the visuals and Daft Punk's soundtrack, Tron: Legacy is a heavy handed turd ball that highly underwhelms as a film and delivers no thrills or excitement. This holiday season, do yourself a favor, stay home and do anything at all, it will spare you the pain of watching Tron: Legacy.

1.5/5 Stars