Tron: Ares is visually stunning but frustratingly shallow

Early in Tron: Ares, tech bro Julian Dillinger (the X-Men movies’ Evan Peters) tries to get the U.S. military to invest in his electronics company Dillinger Systems by giving a presentation where he 3D prints a futuristic tank and an AI construct to drive it. He hopes that if he dazzles his audience, they won’t examine his product too closely and discover that everything he’s built crumbles after just 29 minutes. It’s a pretty good metaphor for the film itself, which is extremely stylish but lacks the depth or ambition that could give it real staying power.