‘Tron: Ares’
Leah Gallo
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On a busy night of film debuts, Disney’s sci-fi action movie Tron: Ares had its starry world premiere in Los Angeles. Full critics reviews for the third entry in the Tron film franchise officially drop tomorrow morning, but early reaction to the feature has already hit social media — and the consensus seems to be the film is visually spectacular, in particular on Imax screens, and features an all-timer soundtrack from Nine Inch Nails.
Tron: Ares features a very topical story about mankind’s interaction with artificial intelligence and stars Jared Leto as a sophisticated AI program who leaves the digital world to complete missions in the real world. The cast also includes Greta Lee, Evan Peters, Jodie Turner-Smith, Hasan Minhaj, Arturo Castro and Gillian Anderson. Tron regular Jeff Bridges returns as the legendary Kevin Flynn.
Norwegian filmmaker Joachim Rønning (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil) directed the film, with the script written by Jesse Wigutow and cinematography was done by frequent David Fincher collaborator Jeff Cronenweth. As mentioned previously, the movie’s propulsive music is by Nine Inch Nails’ Oscar-winning duo Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.
Tron: Ares follows the Joseph Kosinski-directed Tron: Legacy (2010), which again was praised for its visuals and notably featured the classic soundtrack by French electro superstars Daft Punk. The first Tron film was released in theaters in 1982 and despite its moderate box office success, became a cult classic for its groundbreaking visuals.
Ahead of the official reviews for Tron: Ares, read on for the early social media reactions to the film.
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