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Sneak peek at Tron: Legacy? Yes please!

A select few were invited to a sneak peek of Tron: Legacy this morning, culch.ie were lucky enough to be in this elite group to see 23 minutes of one of this year’s most anticipated films. ‘Electrify the boys and girls if you would be so kind’ -  were Michael Sheen’s immortal words in the Tron: Legacy sneak peek, and electrified we were!

Tron: Legacy is the follow up to 1982′s Tron. Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges) is still in The Grid, but has managed to make contact with the outside world. Kevin’s son Sam (Garrett Hedlund) follows his father into the world of Tron and comes face to face with his father for the first time in many years.

The sneak peek we saw this morning consisted of seven scenes from the first half of the movie. We got to see how Sam gets into The Grid, his struggle to come to terms with the world he has been plunged into and his first meeting with his father since he was a child.

Back in 1982, Tron did not do well at the box office, although the arcade game based on the movie actually ended up out-grossing it. Tron eventually became a cult classic and thus, the idea of a sequel was born… And from what we have seen, a very good idea this was, indeed.

Tron: Legacy looks and sounds great. The colour and style of Legacy is obviously based on the original Tron, but the depth and detail is amazing. Thankfully the costumes have been updated, while still managing to hold onto the style and feeling of the original. Most of the scenes we saw focussed on the look and sound of the world, and Daft Punk’s soundtrack complimented the style of the movie completely.

We didn’t get to see a lot of the actors, as this sneak peek focussed on the action scenes – light cycle races and gladiator style disc wars – but Garret Hedlund seems fine as Sam Flynn, hopefully there will be some material later in the film for him to sink is acting teeth into. Jeff Bridges looks fantastic, as does Michael Sheen in a very dodgy (but somehow cool) white wig, and the gorgeous Olivia Wile with a short black hairdo.

The 23 minute showing was designed to whet the audience’s appetite for when Tron: Legacy is released in December, and this is exactly what it did. If the final film is anything like this snippet we saw today, we are in for a retro-futuristic treat!