Disney revisits another groundbreaking moment in its past with a wholly unnecessary sequel to 1982's conceptually throwaway but stylistically seminal computer-graphic trial run,
Tron. There is a plot of sorts, with the son of Jeff Bridges going on a rescue mission into the virtual world where his father got trapped at some point since the first film, but really it's just a conveyor belt for the transmission of vast amounts of Disney's money into FX which may be far more polished than those of its predecessor, yet singularly fail to stand out of today's crowd simply because of adding nothing in terms of ideas.
Beyond this shortcoming,
Tron: Legacy also seems to entertain notions of having a message, mistaking the technical innovation of the first film for thematic prescience, and consequently ends up losing sight of the fact that it only ever worked on a sinister kiddie quest level, and certainly not as full-blooded kicks. The sum total is as efficiently soporific as Daft Punk's incessant muted soundtrack.
3/10
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