Yes, once upon a time, "The Dude" was, like, a program.
Computer programmer Flynn (Jeff Bridges) gets digitized and becomes a ghost in the machine where he runs smack dab into an evil AI Master Control Program.
An early cautionary tale of artificial intelligence run amok, Tron is all that and bag of tricks. Though the microcomputer world of code and programs may have seemed confusing to reviewers back in the '80s, Tron's story seems increasingly clear and straightforward in our more current tech savvy-times, making it something of a cult fave. Indeed, this futuristic head-scratcher now seems charmingly old-timey.
The film is worth it just to see Flynn and his pals morph into microscopic motorcycles.
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