Tron Legacy: A visual dynamo...that's about it

Sam Flynn, the son of a virtual world designer, goes looking for his father twenty years after his disappeared. In his quest to find him, he winds up inside the digital world that his father created and must fight to not only save himself, but to also stop the evil overload that now rules the digital domain of The Grid.

The best aspects of Tron Legacy were its production design and visual effects. Sure, the slow motion bullet-time-esque action shots and skin tight bodysuits worn by the main characters reminded one of The Matrix and the look of The Grid had certain Blade Runner aspects to it, but director Joseph Kosinski was able to build upon what Steven Lisberger, the director of the original Tron, created in the original and fashion a slick, innovative and awe inspiring futuristic world of light cycles and planes, stunning architecture and intense action which most sci-fi fans will find hard to pass up. Where the film faltered was in its story and characters. Garrett Hedlund (who played Sam) was no Keanu Reeves (and trust me, that's a bad thing), Jeff Bridges channeled too much of The Dude (his trademark character from The Big Lebowski) to be taken seriously as Kevin, his CGI-aided role as Clu looked a little too fake (and creepy) from time to time while poor Olivia Wilde (who looked amazing in her bodysuit) was never given much to do as Quorra other than look pretty. The whole story of Sam rushing into The Grid to save his father and stop Clu's evil invasion plans was never given any traction. It never developed into something substantial and felt choppy, rushed and tacked on in an effort to fill time between the visually dazzling sequences.

Just sit back and watch all of the amazing visuals in Tron Legacy, those should be entertaining enough to make you forget that there is not much of a story.

Grade: C+