Not as good as the sequels, IMO

Rating: 8/10 (4 August 2006)

While I'm aware that there are a lot of people who feel that the first movie in the Matrix trilogy is the only good ones and that the next two were terrible, I must completely disagree. In my opinion, the most important thing about this movie is that it paved the way for the sequels. That means that this movie severely under-utilizes its own plot and concept and the same are only exploited as they should in the sequels. The real potential for insane action and the intriguing philosophy which actually does make 80% sense, barring the weird happenings which are not even explained properly, are only made use of in the sequels and not in this movie. Thus it is certainly unfair to downplay the sequels. The Matrix as a stand alone movie is quite good, but really not as good as it could have been and this has been fixed in the sequels.