Stylish though ultimately empty
Film critic Jason Evans is on a mission to tell you everything you need to know about movies in less time than it takes to ask AI a question. His reviews are exactly 100 words long (99 is too short while 101 is just excessive). Here is his 100-word review of Tron: Ares
The Premise: Julian Dillinger (Evan Peters) has built an AI named
Ares (Jared Leto) that he believes can be the ultimate weapon in the real
world. One problem, whenever he brings Ares from the digital world into our
own, Ares dissipates in less than half an hour. What Dillinger needs is a piece
of programming known as the Permanence Code. But, the person who discovers that code is Dillinger’s rival, Eve Kim (Greta Lee), CEO of Encom. Eve doesn’t want to build
weapons, she would rather use the Permanence Code to solve hunger, disease, and
poverty. When Dillinger sends Eve into the digital realm, will she find an ally
or adversary in Ares?
The 100-words: Filled with flashy, colorful effects, Tron:
Ares is sadly laden with a plot that lands with a thud. The uses and impact of
AI make headlines every day, but this film has little meaningful to say about
that technology and how it is impacting our world. The story races along
without making a lot of sense and the filmmakers seem to think that so long as
it looks cool, we won’t care. Leto wants his Ares to be messiah-like, but we
never connect with him enough for that to work. This video game masquerading as
a film needs a reset.
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