movie review

TRON: ARES

Running time: 119 minutes. Rated PG-13 (violence and action). In theaters Oct 10.

“Tron” was groundbreaking back in 1982 for being one of the first movies to heavily rely on computerized special effects.

Forty two years later, “Tron: Ares” is groundbreaking for being the first “Tron” film with a discernible plot.

Isn’t that simpler story just a rehash of “The Terminator” without time travel? You bet. But, well worn though it may be, lighter-than-air “Ares” brings a welcome pulse of clarity and humanity to a franchise that heretofore has picked hard drives over heart.

As for brains, well, take off your thinking caps. Forget ChatGPT — this dialogue could’ve been written by a hamster with ink on its paws.

“I can’t put my love of Depeche Mode into words” is one

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