Pre-matrix

Rating: Null/10 (18 July 2004)

I was pleasantly surprised by this film. In this unofficial prequel to the matrix (eerily similar to one of the animatrix shorts) a sci-fi lover will be taken in by the futuristic environments and the not often enough seen robot-on-robot fighting. Will Smith was not over-the-top in this one and gives a fairly subtitle performance, which allows the above-average narrative and intense action sequences to take over the film rather than an individual. The film doesn't necessarily have many twists but provides the audience to assume multiple alternative plot lines as they watch. This film is much better than "A.I." as it conjures up notions of "Robocop" meets "Terminator".