NO GOING BACK.

During a race to find a ”permanence code” to break a barrier between reality and digital constructs, a breakthrough happens in Alaska.

No one really asked for a third chapter in this franchise, which has always been technically cutting-edge, but emotionally cold. This one was a box-office flop, but still has gorgeous visuals, offering an irresistibly stylish future in tune with a pounding Nine Inch Nails score.

Thrilling at times; Jared Leto is OK as a program with a budding conscience.

2025-U.S. 119 min. Color. Widescreen. Directed by Joachim Rønning. Music, Songs: Nine Inch Nails (”As Alive as You Need Me to Be”). Cast: Jared Leto (Ares), Greta Lee (Eve Kim), Evan Peters (Julian Dillinger), Jodie Turner-Smith, Hasan Minhaj, Arturo Castro, Gillian Anderson, Jeff Bridges. 

Trivia: Co-executive produced by Joseph Kosinski; co-produced by Leto.