1 of 5 | Jared Leto plays Ares in "Tron: Ares," in theaters Friday. Photo courtesy of Disney Enterprises, inc.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- The Tron movies have typically had better ideas than execution, but at least the 1982 original was ambitious. Tron: Ares, in theaters Friday, is just another derivative sci-fi movie.
In the 15 years since Tron: Legacy, Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund, only pictured in this film), the son of Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges), has retired from his father's company, Encom. The current CEOs, sisters Eve (Greta Lee) and Tess Kim, race to develop artificial intelligence before the rival Dillinger company.
The head of that company, Julian Dillinger (Evan Peters), has created a new security program, Ares (Jared Leto). Dillinger can 3D print Ares, other security enforcers, vehicles and weapons in the real world, but they only last 29 minutes before disintegrating.
Tess finds a permanence code in Flynn's system before her death from cancer. Eve can use it to make digital entities from programs last in the real world, which means Dillinger wants it for its own. Fortunately, Ares has grown sentient enough to rebel against Dillinger and help Eve so he can become permanent.
