The only way out of a digital world where a computer hacker is kidnapped and made to compete in gladiatorial combat is with the aid of a brave security program.
When a games program designed by Kevin Flynn challenges the main surveillance program, causing chaos and devastation throughout the network, he's pulled inside the virtual world. His son Sam Flynn tries to find his father and come to his rescue.
The advanced program Ares moves from the digital world to the real one on a perilous mission, signifying the first human interaction with the world of artificially intelligent creatures.