Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund), the son of famous video-game developer Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges), has long been haunted by his father's mysterious disappearance. When a strange signal draws him to Flynn's Arcade, Sam is pulled into the same cyberworld in which his father, its creator, has been trapped for 20 years. Joined by a fearless warrior named Quorra (Olivia Wilde), Kevin and Sam seek escape from a universe that, while magnificent, is far more advanced and dangerous than Kevin imagined.