After all that hype, the year’s supposed IT film, Tron: Legacy, turns out to be just another average sci-fi flick. But it’s not all bad news: The film probably is one of the best looking and stylish we’ve seen after this year’s Inception, replete with neon-lit retro-fitted costumes, stupendous digitalized set pieces and a Blade Runner-inspired soundtrack by dance music duo Daft Punk. But stylistics aside, the film is in most parts, a murky mess.The plot: Sam Flynn (hot newcomer Garrett Hedlund) is the son of Kevin Flynn (still hot old-timer Jeff Bridges), the digital genius who disappeared 20 years ago after creating the most popular video games ever made. Sam surfaces once a year to playfully menace his father’s company, now a generic, heartless conglomerate. But one night, his dad’s ally Alan Bradley (Bruce Boxleitner, also from the original 80s film) gets a page from Kevin, leading Sam to his father’s office, now unused and hidden, and is suddenly sucked into the computer game that Kevin is apparently lost in. Almost immediately Sam finds himself embroiled in a sort of gladiator contest, forced to fight other “programs” in a series of battles in the grid world. The plot thickens when Sam is brought to the film’s villain Clu—a digital double of Kevin, Sam’s father—who plans to take over the real world with the miraculous grid that Kevin has created. But wait, in order to do that, they must all rush to a portal which stays open for a limited time only. Cue a final showdown between Kevin and Clu at the end of film which lasts for all of three minutes.The strips of neon-colored light set against the pitch-black of the grid make for impressive visuals throughout the film, as do the high-speed motorcycle-like chases. But it’s too hard to tell what’s going on and how the strategies play out when everything just kickstarts without explanation. Jeff Bridges is still in fine form playing the dual role of Kevin and Clu (with a little help from airbrushing and body doubles for the latter role), with a sexy glint in his eye; although Garret Hedlund is generic and bland as the supposedly tortured Sam, never mind his good looks. If you’re going to see the film, leave all inhibitions aside and enjoy this one for what it truly is: A much-hyped film with lots of cool visuals, even if none of it truly makes sense.