{"id":7634,"date":"2011-01-18T13:05:53","date_gmt":"2011-01-18T18:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=7634"},"modified":"2016-05-10T13:12:13","modified_gmt":"2016-05-10T17:12:13","slug":"new-tron-lives-up-to-legacy-left-by-original","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/new-tron-lives-up-to-legacy-left-by-original\/","title":{"rendered":"New Tron Lives Up To Legacy Left By Original"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Tron: Legacy<\/em> takes us back to the illuminated digital world of the 80\u2019s classic film.<\/p>\n<p>Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund), son of the original protagonist Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges), is lured into \u201cThe Grid\u201d a giant light-up city where people are identified as computer programs and ever y thing from airplanes and motorcycles, to clothes and table utensils are decked out in neon lights.<\/p>\n<p>Sam arrives only to find the grid taken over by Kevin\u2019s digital alter-ego Clu, whose ruthless tyranny over the city has forced Kevin into exile. Upon arrival, Sam is quickly volunteered for fast-paced gladiatorial games featuring races of Tron\u2019s signature light cycles leaving their trademark light trails and occasionally ending up in incredibly brutal crashes.<\/p>\n<p>Sam\u2019s life is saved by his father\u2019s prot\u00e9g\u00e9 Quorra (Olivia Wilde) \u2014 last of a race of computer programs called Isomorphic Algorithms.<\/p>\n<p>ISO\u2019s are a genetically f lawless organism Kevin explains as a manifestation of evolved data, and they may hold t he key to human survival and evolution. Quorra reunites Sam with his father but the happiness of the reunion doesn\u2019t last long as they learn that the portal back into the real world is closing in a few hours.<\/p>\n<p>Not just that, Clu\u2019s dominion over \u201cThe Grid\u201d has turned escape into a suicide mission.<\/p>\n<p>The film runs 125 minutes with a heavy amount of dialogue.Make no mistake; Tron\u2019s action, disco scenery and a soundtrack composed by electronic music group Daft Punk will surely make the film the best IMA X theatre experience of 2010\u2014 or at the very least, Daft Punk\u2019s longest music video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tron: Legacy takes us back to the illuminated digital world of the 80\u2019s classic film. 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