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Overall Rank: 2680

Average Rating: 2.8/4

# of Ratings: 221

Theatrical Release Date: 07/09/1982

Blu-ray/DVD Release Date: 04/05/2011

Language: English

Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi

MPAA Rating: PG

Director: Steven Lisberger

Actors: Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, David Warner, Cindy Morgan, Barnard Hughes, Peter Jurasik

Plot: A hacker is literally abducted into the world of a computer and forced to participate in gladiatorial games where his only chance of escape is with the help of a heroic security program.

Logan D. McCoy - wrote on 06/25/2019

Its special effects are obviously outdated, and some of the dialogue is a little corny, but "TRON" is brilliantly entertaining.

Unknown - wrote on 11/29/2011

The first film to take place entirely in a computer. The f/x are very dated, but they have a creative look about them that make you feel as if this is a real world outside our own. The story confuses some times and there isn't much of an adventurous feeling. A few action scenes still hold their entertainment, though.

Chris Kavan - wrote on 07/24/2010

In 1982 this film must have looked amazing, because even today the special effects are the best reason to watch Tron. It's funny how vector graphics and text-based interface seem so archaic now, but it's still a pretty fun trip especially with Jeff "The Dude" Bridges along for the ride.

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Yojimbo - wrote on 10/08/2012

A gifted but rebellious computer programmer is digitised and sent into the heart of a computer system where software is personified and exists within a landscape ruled with an iron fist by a dictator called the Master Control Program. Tron was Disney's attempt to jump on the bandwagon of cinematic science fiction made popular by Star Wars and the burgeoning interest in computers and video games. It borrows heavily from contemporary films including Flash Gordon and Star Trek as well as George Lucas' franchise but its real draw at the time was its cutting edge special effects that represented the digital landscape. As you can imagine, they have dated a lot since its release but beauty is of course in the eye of the beholder, so to some they will be old and cheesy but to others the height …