Overview

• Following the Oct. 6 world premiere in Los Angeles, first reactions arrived Oct. 7 ahead of the Oct. 10 theatrical release.
• Early write-ups single out the technical craft, including practical lightcycle chases filmed on Vancouver streets, 8K large‑format imagery, and Wētā Workshop’s embedded‑LED suits.
• Reviewers frequently praise the pulsing Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross score while calling the storytelling uneven and the characters underdeveloped.
• The near‑future setup moves the conflict into the real world, where Grid constructs last 29 minutes unless Kevin Flynn’s sought‑after “Permanence Code” makes them stable.
• Jared Leto stars with Greta Lee, Evan Peters, Jodie Turner‑Smith, and Gillian Anderson under director Joachim Rønning, as writer Jesse Wigutow positions the film around contemporary AI themes and a grounded familial throughline.