Meaghan Hunt
Contributing Writer
“Tron: Ares,” directed by Joachim Rønning, continues the story of “Tron” (1982) and “Tron: Legacy” (2010) but redirects focus from Sam Flynn to a new lead, Eve Kim, as she set out to use Kevin Flynn’s Permanence Code for good.
As this happens, she set off a dispute with Jullian Dillinger, the CEO of Dillinger Systems, who wants to misuse the code to create dangerous weapons. “Tron: Ares” explains the story of an artificial intelligence program, Ares, being transported from the Grid to Earth as a super soldier for Dillinger.
As someone who has watched the previous “Tron” movies, it is confusing why the filmmakers didn’t include Sam Flynn or Quorra. After 15 years, fans wait to see what would come next for Sam, but the audience is still unsure. The real question is how long is the audience going to have to wait for another “Tron” movie to understand what happened to Sam?
Instead, the audience get a brand-new story, with only one person from the main cast, which is Jeff Bridges, who plays Kevin Flynn, Sam’s father.
The movie is action-packed with a lot of fight scenes; nothing too graphic for viewers. In a lot of the action parts, the camera will zoom out so the audience can see the overall effect of what the scene is causing to the natural world.
During the movie, Ares was struggling to see if he belonged to the real world or not. Ares was played by Jared Leto, who executed the character beautifully. Even though AI is not advanced to this level, and hopefully never will be, audiences can understand the pain that Ares feels wanting to escape the control of Dillinger.
Eve Kim was played by Greta Lee, who wants to use the code to heal the world of hunger, expand medicine and terminate major illnesses such as cancer. Most importantly, she wanted to honor her late sister, Tess Kim, in her long quest to use the code for this.
The graphics were clear and vibrant. Usually in the “Tron” movies, the villains are a vibrant red color, and the heroes are a blue color. In this case, audiences see Ares wearing a black armor suit with red neon running through it and eventually beckoning into a different color—symbolizing his release from Dillinger.
Most of the music from the soundtrack is electronic and gives the feeling of background music for a classic video game, like “Tron.” Most of the music is from the rock band Nine Inch Nails, and their music fits perfectly with the atmosphere of the movie.
Without even seeing the movie, just listening to the soundtrack can give someone an idea of what they could expect from it.
The movie succeeds in appealing to a wide range of people—those who have loved the “Tron” legacy, science fiction lovers, action lovers and coders. The movie ends on a cliffhanger, making it clear that there might be a chance for another movie in the movie’s legacy.
If you cannot see the movie before it expires from movie theaters, it should be coming to Disney+ and other streaming platforms three to four months after it’s released, according to Forbes magazine.
To listen to the soundtrack of the movie visit: https://spotify.link/ghGaQxM4RXb and to watch the trailer of the movie, visit: