Software giant ENCOM International
has reinstated Alan Bradley as chairman.
The justice department announced today
that it'll begin a full-on investigation
into the underground movement known as "Flynn Lives"
Lead by a mysterious online figure known as ZackAttack
this renegade group has been held responsible
for acts of subversion against ENCOM
Flynn lives! Flynn lives!
Greetings. My name is ZackAttack.
Previously I have been communicating to you through message in code.
But as of this morning the landscape has become
too difficult and dangerous to operate in.
I want to thank the millions of you
who have helped to keep Kevin Flynn's spirit alive,
And especially those of you who've been with us from the beginning.
The "Flynn Lives" movement was born out of loss.
But Kevin's genius inspired us all.
He saw worlds beyond what we believed to be possible.
When he disappeared that future was taken from all of us.
Alan Bradley tried to continue Flynn's legacy.
But when ENCOM started losing the software game to Dillinger Systems
the shareholders demanded a change.
ENCOM was founded around a chess game.
Your plan represents everything Flynn was against.
That spirit totally got away from the top brass.
So we're all writing Flynn off.
You'll have my resignation by the end of the day.
How many employees are you letting go?
With Flynn gone we were no longer in the video game business.
It was all corporate.
I knew it was over when they brought the cubicles back.
I guess getting fired is the best thing that ever happened to me.
But you were one of the first of ENCOM's employees ...
Sure. I have this nickname.
What do you want to start from? Just that?
- That question?
Anyway, we were talking about what? Oh, my TRON nickname.
Right.
I created a self monitoring computer security system back in '82.
I called it TRON.
Well the weird thing is ...
Flynn took to calling me TRON.
All the programmers ran with it and the nickname stayed with me for years.
Speaking of which,
it's been 7 years since you've last seen Kevin Flynn.
Do you think there's anyone out there who still thinks he's alive?
Mom, it's doing it again.
You created the "Flynn Lives" virus that attacked 40 million PCs last year.
I like to think of it as more of an easter egg than a virus.
Was the group "Flynn Lives" involved?
No. I acted alone.
It was so cool.
Are you ZackAttack?
No.
And if I was there's no way you would have ever found me.
"Isolated Thinker"?
Well, "Isolated Thinker" helped me pay my legal fees and kept me out of jail.
But you did hack into the ENCOM mainframe
on behalf of the group, correct?
You can't talk about that.
How do you feel about the "Flynn Lives" movement now, today?
What movement? It's totally dead.
Publicly ENCOM and I have acknowledged the fact that he is gone.
His disappearance was a massive blow, personally and professionally.
This was a man with an entire world
waiting to see what he was going to do next.
So, yeah, I think something's a little weird that he just totally vanishes.
Well, I don't think he's dead.
Is there anyone in the movement who has seen Kevin Flynn alive and well?
- Where do you think he is? - I don't know. They know!
I'm still trying to see what part they might have in this,
but I can't really ...
I don't know anything about the conspiracy theories or that sort of thing ...
- Okay, well that's the way I want to say it, though
I mean, I want to say ...
Flynn possessed
an undying commitment to his family and his friends.
No, Flynn poss-
I need to start again ...
Years passed, and the voices asking what really happened
gradually fell silent.
Flynn was gone. Not dead, but gone.
We needed to find a new way to reach people.
We needed to think like Kevin.
Evolution is the greatest force in the material world.
Evolution will provide us the next step of intelligent life.
But it will come from somewhere unexpected.
And then something wonderful happened.
Flynn came back.
Just a little bit younger.
Sam Flynn inspired us.
Every year he'd find a new way to
infuriate ENCOM's board with his pranks.
He started doing the work that we had almost given up 10 years ago.
We began the search again.
This time, millions of you joined us.
Flynn lives! Flynn lives!
Today, Sam Flynn has brought us a little closer to his father
by reclaiming ENCOM.
But these are confusing times.
We may have not found Kevin Flynn,
but Flynn lives in all of us who want to believe in him.
This will be my last transmission.
Greetings, program.
What are you doing?
Wiping the hard drive, what does it look like I'm doing.
Looks like you are destroying ENCOM corporate property
that's what it looks like you're doing.
After the news, I didn't know who to trust.
Oh, relax.
There's no need to panic.
That's easy for you to say.
Your house isn't filled with 20 years of corporate espionage.
Oh? And I'm the one that's still employed by ENCOM.
If my board finds out that I've been funding your little operation ...
Our little operation, Isolated Thinker.
Yeah.
So what do we do now?
Well, I think it's time that we put Flynn Lives behind us.
What about the page at the arcade? I'm not giving up now.
Flynn may not be back, but I am. Sam's made me chairman.
Oh yeah, I saw that on the news. Congratulations.
And I want you to join me.
Think of yourself as ENCOM's moral compass.
- What about Mackey? - He's out. They're all out.
We have our company back.
And that Dillinger kid?
Well, Junior earned his place. He stays.
What about you?
Sign me up, TRON.
Good to have you back, RAM.
One thing. Why do you think Flynn gave you the cool nickname?
We are reporting live from ENCOM offices,
where sources indicate that Sam Flynn is on his way here
to address the board.
This will be Sam's first public appearance since-
Over here, Sam, one second, over here.
How's it going fellas?
Have a good day.
What do you think your father would have said about your actions today?
Sam, do you have any statements for the press today?