"An entertainment industrial complex once riding high on a new generation of bankable stars and fresh IP now faces increasing decline and desperation as it strip-mines what remains of its old energy reserves. Enter Tron: Ares, a fall blockbuster that seems to exist entirely to breathe new life into an old franchise and that accidentally commits the company's latest act of stomach-turning necromancy instead."
"It features Leto as the titular Ares, an advanced program sent by a defense contractor into the real world to attack a gaming company in a race to perfect a technology that can make digital objects exist in real life. Leto is essentially a Fortnite skin come to life fighting in a live-service turf war between competing metaverses, except eventually he joins the side of the good guys, including Jeff Bridges and his son."
Tron: Ares (2025) continues the Tron lineage as a sequel to Tron: Legacy and the original 1982 film. Jared Leto stars as Ares, an advanced program deployed into the real world by a defense contractor to sabotage a gaming company while pursuing technology that makes digital objects tangible. The film stages a live-service turf war between competing metaverses and ultimately aligns Ares with returning heroes, including Jeff Bridges. Joachim Rønning directed the production and Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross provided the score. Early critical reaction emphasizes weak drama, limited visual invention, and a sense of cynical franchise revival.
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