Tron: Legacy

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Tron: Legacy

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Released Dec 17, 2010

2h 5m

Sci-Fi

Action

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Sam (Garrett Hedlund), the son of famous video-game developer Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges), has been haunted for a long time by his father's mysterious disappearance. A strange signal draws Sam to Flynn's Arcade, and he is pulled into the same cyberworld in which his father, its creator, has been trapped for 20 years. With fearless warrior Quorra (Olivia Wilde), Kevin and Sam seek to escape from a universe that, while magnificent, is far more advanced and dangerous than Kevin had ever imagined.

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Critics Consensus

Tron Legacy boasts dazzling visuals, but its human characters and story get lost amidst its state-of-the-art production design.

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Kambole Campbell

Polygon

There's an undeniable appeal at its core - in its sincere approach to ridiculous concepts, in its resistance toward quipping at its own expense.

Dec 18, 2020

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Candice Frederick

Reel Talk Online

Tron: Legacy is a fun popcorn flick if you had the opportunity to catch it on the big screen, but with the digital effects downsized on a DVD format what's good about the movie doesn't emit as much of an effect.

Rated: C

Sep 8, 2017

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Nell Minow

Movie Mom

Rated: B

Feb 18, 2012

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Sean Axmaker

Stream on Demand

... coming ten years after 'The Matrix' redefined the cinematic cyberworld it still seems old fashioned, at times entertainingly so, at other times simply frustratingly limited.

Apr 26, 2025

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

Everything you could dream of from the original is bigger, brighter, and better. Never before have video games, or even science-fiction itself, looked as good or as sharply designed as this.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 4, 2023

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Almost three decades in the making, TRON: Legacy arrives and forces viewers to wonder why it took so long to render such an unremarkable film.

Rated: 2.5/4

Aug 3, 2023

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Herbert N

visually beautiful, but boring.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/09/23

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Alex M

I loved this in theaters, but going back 16 years later somehow the CGI still holds up. Except the delayed face which looks like PS4/5 graphics but yet the uncanny actually serves to enhance the character it is used on. The story is interesting and opens discussions and possibilities I hope they continue in the sequel.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

07/27/25

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Ryland C

Pretty bleh. It is not a good sequel to the first Tron. It has some pretty good action and visual effects. But the story, characters, execution, its just so slow and I cannot for the life of me remember anything about it.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

07/25/25

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Hughe J

Tron Legacy was released in theatres in 2010 and is a very underrated movie. It stars Garrett Hedlund as Sam Flynn, Jeff Bridges as Kevin Flynn, Olivia Wilde as Quorra, and Bruce Boxleitner as Alan Bradley. Legacy is the sequel to the 1982 Tron release and again centers on the computer generated world of the 'grid' where Sam is transported to. There he meets his father who he had thought dead but finds that an AI version of him is building an army to invade the real world. He joins forces with his father and Quorra to stop the invasion and return to our world. Tron Legacy is a beautifully shot movie with crisp special effects and an incredible soundtrack by Daft Punk. The acting is pretty good, the plot moves along quickly, and the action scenes are incredible to watch. For me this movie far eclipses the original and is an easy movie to recommend.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/24/25

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Mark T

Underrated movie. Worth watching more than once

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/22/25

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xpig332 B

Stopped watching after 50 minutes because I was bored, started again and fell asleep. Finished it on the 3rd attempt, very slow moving and completely lost the essence of the original. A movie that I will never watch again. The first movie was FAR better.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

07/17/25

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Synopsis

Sam (Garrett Hedlund), the son of famous video-game developer Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges), has been haunted for a long time by his father's mysterious disappearance. A strange signal draws Sam to Flynn's Arcade, and he is pulled into the same cyberworld in which his father, its creator, has been trapped for 20 years. With fearless warrior Quorra (Olivia Wilde), Kevin and Sam seek to escape from a universe that, while magnificent, is far more advanced and dangerous than Kevin had ever imagined.

Director: Joseph Kosinski
Producer: Sean Bailey, Jeffrey Silver, Steven Lisberger
Screenwriter: Edward Kitsis, Adam Horowitz
Distributor: Walt Disney
Production Co: Sean Bailey
Rating: PG (Sci-Fi Action Violence|Brief Mild Language)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 17, 2010, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $172.1M
Runtime: 2h 5m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS

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