Tron: Ares is the third installment in the Tron franchise and loosely follows the events of Tron: Legacy. Two corporations are competing to stabilize digital constructs(like 3D printed computer programs). Eve(Greta Lee) wants to use this technology to help humanity, her rival Julian(Evan Peters) wants to use it to create an army. His lead program is Ares(Jared Leto) who bucks under his programing and wants to be a real boy.
Leto, taking aside the allegations and having a long history of harassing his co-workers, is just boring and miscast here. He's wooden, uncompelling, he seems confused about what he's doing and it doesn't help that the plot is overly convoluted. Lee is decent but is equally bogged down by the plotting and Peters injects some much needed verve but he is hamstrung with almost all of his action being typing on a keyboard. Jodie Turner-Smith as Ares' fellow program Athena is great but underused. Aside from Leto, the cast is decent, but both his performance and his reputational association make the movie suffer.
Visually the film is slick Tron-like(natch) and cool, the soundtrack is mesmeric, the action sequences are entertaining. The production elements, across the board, all hit home. The problem(other than Leto) is the script. It just has too many ideas and can't quite decide what it wants to focus on and it misses a trick by having the bulk of the action take place in the 'real world' as opposed to 'the grid'. Despite all that it's a decent ride, doesn't quite hit the same sweet spot as Tron: Legacy but isn't altogether awful.
Diverting vibe with a clunker lead, not as slick or immersive as it's predecessor.
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