1982 · sci-fi · cyberspace · adventure
Tron
Directed by Steven Lisberger1h 36m1982
When brilliant video game maker Flynn hacks the mainframe of his ex-employer, he is beamed inside an astonishing digital world and becomes part of the very game he is designing. In his mission through cyberspace, Flynn matches wits with a maniacal Master Control Program and teams up with Tron, a security measure created to bring balance to the digital environment.
Our read: Tron (1982) reads as a neutral, breathless, inventive sci-fi · cyberspace · adventure entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, breathless, measured sci-fi / cyberspace, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- kinetic
- inventive
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