![]() ![]() He makes a few appearances early in the proceedings as Alan Bradley, then largely disappears. Boxleitner, however, is pushed to the side. The former is accorded a fair amount of screen time with his dual role as the megalomaniacal villain and the Jedi-like mentor to the new hero. Two actors return from TRON - Jeff Bridges and Bruce Boxleitner. The movie looks cool and the action sequences are effectively rendered but, ironically, this TRON feels more like a video game than its predecessor. The narrative may be stronger than that of the 1982 production but, except for a few half-hearted allusions to Frankenstein (which are less obvious than the nods to Star Wars), there's not much interesting going on here. TRON: Legacy, however, is a straightforward science fiction action film. ![]() ![]() The original TRON employed an interesting and (at the time) unique aesthetic to tell a story that was as much about ideas as it was about anything else. It's just that one has a right to expect a little more from a sequel this long in the making. It's not that TRON: Legacy is a complete failure. They had 28 years, and this is the best they could come up with? ![]()
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