Tron: Legacy 4K 2010 Ultra HD 2160p

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1989. Kevin Flynn, head of ENCOM Corporation and creator of the famous arcade game Tron, suddenly goes missing and his son Sam is left in the care of his grandparents. Decades later, the rebellious Sam finds his father's secret office and accidentally enters the digital reality he created.

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The transfer of biological life into virtual reality...

This film goes far beyond the realm of logical explanation. Since the universe of this film exists primarily within a computer program, don't worry about where the physical body of Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges), the main character, has been for the last two decades; he was surely somewhere.

Synopsis: The story of how a man was trapped inside a computer program for 20 years. Young Sam Flynn grew up without a father because he was seduced and kidnapped by a video game. Later, the young man receives a call to join his father and throw virtual Frisbees at hostile programmed objects that threaten the digital [and not only?] world.

Joseph Kosinski's Tron: Legacy' by Joseph Kosinski deftly steps over logical obstacles and gets straight down to business in a three-dimensional sound and light show that plays more to the eyes and ears than to the mind.

In flashbacks, we see Kevin, the head of a powerful software development corporation, saying goodbye to his son. At first, it may seem that Jeff Bridges looks younger in this scene because of makeup, Botox, or something else, but then you realize that it is Bridges' body and voice, but his face has been made younger thanks to computer special effects. The use of profiles and backlighting makes the illusion suitable for this purpose. The real Bridges appears later, in the virtual world, bearded and weather-beaten, but the ‘CGI version’ of young Jeff remains to play Clu - the digital doppelganger he created and who now wants to control the whole world.

The film interestingly demonstrates the relationship between humans (Homo sapiens in the classical sense) and virtual entities, namely morality, the nature of their interaction, and their perception of each other. We are talking about the relationship between the virtual Quorra and the arriving homo sapiens Sam. Isaac Asimov would have tried to make some scientific assumption about how all this is possible, but Tron is more action-oriented. (For science fiction fans: if 2001: A Space Odyssey is an analogue, then Tron: Legacy is A Fascinating Story of Wonders.)

Tron: Legacy, a sequel made 28 years after the original but with the same actor, is essentially faithful to the first film: it's just as incomprehensible, but it looks great. This time, the film incorporates the use of 3-D technology. Since most of the action involves rapid forward and backward movement, the three-dimensional effect is useful and does not seem like a random use of the ‘ping-pong effect’.

Acting: The actors believably project human emotions in an environment devoid of organic life, including their own.

A beautifully rendered artificial world made of invisible ones and zeros. Everyone is guaranteed to enjoy watching flying Frisbees made of light, but some chases and architectural details are effective simply because they use places and spaces that no one has used before. The soundtrack by Daft Punk has such a compelling electronic power that the visual effects sometimes play almost as an accompaniment. Playing this soundtrack in the car may not be safe.

The plot is another matter. It's a disaster that miscalculates the characters and confuses the audience.

Watching this creation is an amazing experience...