A masterpiece of breakthrough CGI ingenuity, Disney celebrates the 20th anniversary of TRON, a dazzling film at the flashpoint of a continuing revolution in its genre. This special collector’s edition showcases an epic adventure inside a brave new world where the action is measureed in microseconds. When Flynn (Jeff Bridges) hacks the mainframe of his ex-employer to prove his work was stolen by another executive, he finds himself on a much bigger adventure. Beamed inside by a power-hungry master control program, he joins computer gladiators on a deadly game grid, complete with high-velocity “light cycles” and Tron (Bruce Boxleitner), a specialized security program. Together, they fight the ultimate battle with the MCP to decide the fate of both the electronic world and the real world!The surprising truth about Disney’s 1982 computer-game fantasy is that it’s still visually impressive (though technologically quaint by later high-definition standards) and a lot of fun. It’s about a computer wizard named Flynn (Jeff Bridges) who is digitally broken down into a data stream by a villainous software pirate (David Warner) and reconstituted into the internal, 3-D graphical world of computers. It is there, in the blazingly colorful, geometrically intense landscapes of cyberspace, that Flynn joins forces with Tron (Bruce Boxleitner) to outmaneuver the Master Control program that holds them captive in the equivalent of a gigantic, infinitely challenging computer game. Disney’s wizards used a variety of cinematic techniques and early-’80s state-of-the-art computer-generated graphics to accomplish their dynamic visual goals, and the result was a milestone in cyberentertainment, catering to technogeeks while providing a dazzling adventure for hackers and nonhackers alike. Appearing just in time to celebrate the nascent cyberpunk movement in science fiction, Tron received a decidedly mixed reaction when originally released, but has since become a high-tech favorite and a landmark in special effects, with a loyal following of fans. DVD is a perfect format for the movie’s neon-glow color scheme, and the musical score by synthesizer pioneer Wendy Carlos is faithfully preserved on the digitally remastered soundtrack. –Jeff Shannon
January 23, 2006
#1
I rented this movie because from soem magazine I heard its supposed to be good.
Well its not. The Idea of the movie and games in it are pretty good but t slow and dull represented for a human beeing.
January 23, 2006
#2
The only reason I picked up this movie was because “Disney” was on the box. I’m a big fan of Disney movies and have never seen this movie before today. I buy Disney movies to entertain my kids (5 and 7) and to watch as a family. So from that perspective, it was very boring. We turned it off after 30 minutes. Older kids really interested in computers and their history might be entertained.
January 23, 2006
#3
This is an awful movie. I’m not saying the visuals aren’t impressive, because they are, but the movie is awful. The plot is weak, and it took us like 20 minutes in to figure out what the heck was going on. Don’t waste your time. Go see something else.
January 23, 2006
#4
I caught a glimpse of this re-issue. Well, if you really liked the original movie you’ll love this, but the movie itself was about as briliiant as Disneys “Black Hole”.
It’s a laughable attempt to capitalize on the 80′s video game craze, and is just about as good as the 70′s cb craze movies (breaker breaker good buddy!).
To each his own – the DVD is pretty, but it’s about as bad as “sci-fi” can get. It’s a just plain stupid plot. …
January 23, 2006
#5
TRON in my opinion was so dull I mean JEFF BRIDGES and the cast look bored and it shows in thier acting. The plot is weak and dull too I mean being inside a computer? a third-grader could’ve thought that up. My advice is don’t see this movie unless you like torture.