TRON

Name: TRON
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Released: July 9, 1982
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 58
Cast: Barnard Hughes, Bruce Boxleitner, Cindy Morgan, Craig Chudy, Dan Shor

1982

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Movie Details & Credits

20th Century Fox | Release Date: July 9, 1982 | PG

Starring: Barnard Hughes, Bruce Boxleitner, Cindy Morgan, Craig Chudy, Dan Shor, David Warner, Jeff Bridges, Peter Jurasik, Tony Stephano, Vince Deadrick Jr.

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

Director: Steven Lisberger

Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Rating: PG

Runtime: 96 min

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Roger Ebert

Here's a technological sound-and-light show that is sensational and brainy, stylish, and fun. Read full review

Bill Cosford

So TRON is an adventure story, with the requisite (and understated) love triangle at its heart. But it is also a story of remarkable special effects, and this is the stuff you haven't seen before. [09 July 1982, p.C1]

James Berardinelli

The story is simple, as befits a movie that's more about visual flash, technical bravura, and ideas than plot and character development. TRON turns into an action-oriented endeavor, with characters attempting to make their way through the video game inspired landscape of the mainframe to the goal that will achieve victory. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

It's intelligently conceived (on a visual level, at any rate) and largely good fun. Steven Lisberger, an East Coast animator, directed the visuals, combining the actors and computer graphics with satisfying results. Read full review

Janet Maslin

It is beautiful -spectacularly so, at times - but dumb. Computer fans may very well love it, because Tron is a nonstop parade of stunning computer graphics, accompanied by a barrage of scientific-sounding jargon. Though it's certainly very impressive, it may not be the film for you if you haven't played Atari today. Read full review

Time Out London Staff (Not Credited)

A sympathetic but slightly clumsy rewrite of The Wizard of Oz, with a whizkid programmer (Bridges) trapped inside a computer world. The film boasts some impressive computer-generated animation, but for all its inventiveness, Tron never reaches a level of excitement commensurate with its effects budget. Read full review

Rita Kempley

Tron turns out to be an inorganic Fantastic Voyage, a movie with which only a computer programmer could interface. The acting is everything you'd expect from a Disney film, with Jeff Bridges aping Harrison Ford for all he's worth. There's even a computerized tinkerbell and a computer kiss. It's all a little much too have output. [09 July 1982, p.13]

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superrev

May 11, 2020

i dind enjoy this film so much, this film have a not really convincing story but the scenes of this film are beautiful with a lot of 80s special effects this film brings you in the story it's a beautiful experience.
you should watch this film if you like adventure, videogames and computers.
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