Tron: Ares (2025)

My Review

“Tron: Ares” is a science fiction action film about a sophisticated AI program sent from the digital world to the real world by the CEO of Dillinger Systems on a dangerous espionage mission to undermine competitors. Director Joaquim Ronning (“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales” 2017) and screenwriter Jesse Wigutow put together a motion picture with lots of action but not much of substance to make it a memorable motion picture viewing experience.

The cast is headed by a sluggish Jared Leto as Ares, a combat program created by Julian Dillinger. Leto could be classified as “Best Sleep-Walking Super Hero of 2025.” Co-stars include Evan Peters as Dillinger, Gillian Anderson as Dillinger’s mum, Greta Lee and Jeff Bridges as rival business people, Jodie Turner-Smith, Arturo Castro, Hasan Minhaj, Cameron Monahan, and Roger Cross as Cross.

The unwatchable “Ares: Tron” was a flop at the box office for Sean Bailey Productions and Walt Disney Pictures. The film earned one nomination for a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor for Leto. “Ares: Tron” was the third in the series that include two other mediocre motion pictures “Tron” (1982) and “Tron: Legacy” (2010).