Frightening influence of The Matrix

Rating: 7/10 (5 June 2000)

Not much to add to all the other comments, except that "The Matrix" appears to have dictated to action movie directors that people fighting each other in a scene need to execute flips/spins in excess of 720 degrees, in slow motion, before ever landing a punch or kick. Are these fights or outtakes from the X-Games?
I supposed the technique is de rigueur in the Kung Fu genre, and it was pretty funny in "Big Trouble in Little China," but I hope this particular trend is otherwise short lived. It makes the participant look cartoonish and stupid, not what you want from your "Mission: Impossible" hero.