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Jeff Bridges stars in 'Tron: Legacy': movie review

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Twenty-eight years after the original 'Tron' movie comes 'Tron: Legacy,' again starring Jeff Bridges. But it's questionable whether it was worth the wait.

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In this undated photo, actor Jeff Bridges is shown in 'Tron: Legacy,' Bridges will play himself, at his natural age, and a computerized avatar called 'Clu,' who hasn鈥檛 aged since around the time he was first created for the first 'Tron' movie, in 1982. Clu bears Bridges鈥� face, altered to make him about 35 years old, but it鈥檚 grafted onto the body of a younger actor.

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Jeff Bridges is shown in a scene from 'Tron: Legacy.' (AP Photo/Disney) Jeff Bridges

By Peter Rainer Film critic

Dec. 17, 2010, 9:57 a.m. ET

Back in 1982, Jeff Bridges appeared in 鈥淭ron,鈥� one of the first CGI movies 鈥� its only distinction. Now that CGI movies are coming at us from all sides, the sequel, 鈥�Tron: Legacy,鈥� mostly in 3-D, ought to have been state of the art.

But there鈥檚 not a whole lot of artistry to be found in this movie about a scion (Garrett Hedlund) who seeks out his long-missing genius-inventor father (Bridges) inside a vast computer grid. The creepola effects made me feel as if I was trapped inside a fluorescent lighting fixture.

Was it really necessary to wait 28 years for a sequel that wasn鈥檛 worth attempting in the first place? Director Joseph Kosinski has a background in commercials, and it shows. Everything looks sleek, but who鈥檚 buying? Grade: C- (Rated PG for sequences of sci-fi action violence and brief mild language.)

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