"What does this User deserve?"Tron was such a curiosity when it came out in 1982, which was a visual and conceptual treat in spite of the uneveness of its writing, and it could be argued that it almost single-handedly paved the way for all of the CG blockbusters that we have today, such was its impact on many of today's leading film-makers. To have a genuine sequel 28 years later was surprising although perhaps not entirely unexpected, given the developments made in CG, technology and 3D. Using the conceit of Flynn's grown-up son entering the world of 'The Grid' enables a lot of hurried 're-imagining' of key scenes and ideas from the original, without really adding much that is new. Jeff Bridges is good value as always playing the older Flynn and the digitally de-aged Clu, and Garrett Hedlund plays well as son Sam (even if seeming a little old for the spoiled-rich-kid routine at times). The film does look shiny, but the drained and relentlessly gloomy colour-palette becomes tiresome, lacking the pop of the original film's quaintly simple graphics, and as a result the 3D effect is frequently - and surprisingly - underwhelming. Daft Punk's score is superb, easily embracing the new and the retro (think John Carpenter meets Eric Serra at their peak). The somewhat predictable ending is well-played and nicely handled, but rather like Tron Legacy as a whole, it is somewhat disappointingly functional rather than exciting.
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