Michael's Movie Grade: D
This film works better as a music video than it does an actual movie.
Before I get to greatly criticizing this film, I must state that I absolutely love the soundtrack by rock band Nine Inch Nails. This did not come as a surprise since Trent Razor (one of the members of the band) has become one of my favorite film composers. Nine Inch Nails fully lived up to what I expected from them here. The 80's inspired synth pounding rock score is so much fun to listen to. On top of this it fits the world of Tron perfectly and even makes some mediocre action scenes briefly seem exciting.
However, I can't help but wish this score was attached to a better movie. The main problem with this film is that it gives you nothing to connect with emotionally. All of the characters are completely bland and lacking any personality. The storyline is completely cliché and offers nothing that we haven't seen a million times before. It also seems to simply be going through the motions with little to no effort to put into it. The dialogue feels very forced and is not believable in the slightest. The falls completely flat. The world building is also extremely lacking and despite strong visuals the sci-fi world is never believable.
Despite an excellent soundtrack and some strong visuals, this movie suffers from very weak writing.
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