BOTTOM LINE: The visuals are extraordinary, and the concept is intriguing, but the ho-hum storyline and adherence to an 80s soundtrack to tie in to the first film make this a bizarre beast; it's a modern film on a technical and visual level, but it feels more like you are watching a cheap B-grade 80s film.

THE GOOD: The original film Tron became a cult classic from the 80s, and although it made money, there was nothing about it that cried out 'sequel'. Over two decades later, we get a sequel, and it is suped up and spare no expense. The concept of creating a digital world as a forum to assist humanity in science and technology is intriguing, and the visual world created by director Joseph Kosinski is nothing short of stunning, and unlike anything you have seen before (outside of the first film of course). The visual style alone make this film worth watching on the big screen, but it is also other nice touches, including a fully realised younger version of Jeff Bridges playing the villain, featuring some fantastic CG work. This character, 'Clu', is a totalitarian leader in this digital world, and numerous images are homages to history. On these levels, the film can be appreciated, and the one stand out sequence in particular is the bike game after Sam (Hedlund) arrives in the digital world; nothing short of visually stunning. 'Tron Legacy' is worth watching at the cinema if only for its visuals.

THE BAD: For such a high concept idea, the storyline delivered is decidedly ho-hum. It is a bit of a cliché that films that rely so heavily on their technology do so at the expense of script, but there were enough seed ideas here to make something worthwhile but were never taken advantage of. The delivery is more a by-the-numbers operation. The actors, particularly Jeff Bridges and Olivia Wilde, lend some humanity to the piece, but Garrett Hedlund seems oddly miscast. What makes this film utterly bizarre though is its 80s-style soundtrack. Although you are watching a visually modern film, the soundtrack is so powerful that you actually feel like you are watching a cheap 80s film, almost to the point where you can imagine seeing film scratches on the print and the audio sounding mono in nature. Perhaps it was an attempt to make something different from the usual big budget blockbuster, but in this case, it does not really work.