There should be no redemption for the makers of this.

Rating: 3/10 (19 February 2005)

This film has two redeeming features; the cinematography provides sumptuous, stylish and detailed imagery, and some (definitely only some!) of the special effects are fantastic.
So what's wrong? Let's start with Keanu, who in this movie plays Keanu Reeves or Neo or any character he's ever been before. Wooden isn't the right word because wood is too interesting to compare to this performance. And Rachel - I think I could seriously fall in love with Rachel - Rachel is so awful that I can't believe she got the part. Her character should have been complex, emotionally tortured and spiritually torn, what we got was an accent that changed by the scene and a wobbly bottom lip to convey everything else.
Peter Stormare plays Lucifer and my thoughts on seeing his performance were to offer the poor chap a comfy seat and a nice cup of tea.
Tilda Swinton managed to sparkle in her two scenes, with an edgy and dis-comforting performance.
I have never read the comic so I don't know if this was a faithful adaptation but, from the story played out on screen, I have to guess it isn't, otherwise no-one would have bought issue two.
I guess what I am trying to say is that I sacrificed my time to watch this and now I'm trying to save you from the same fate.