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Rating: Null/10 (19 November 2001)

All in all this movie had great production values, it really is a good slick movie that's enjoyable to watch.
People seem to either love the plot and find it incredibly enlightening (choke), or think it's stupid. Well, this sort of thing has been written about in sci-fi stories for decades. All the accolades that the Wachowski brothers are getting for being so "ground-breaking" and insightful is BS. Stories which address almost identical plots have been around since cyber-punk emerged in the early 80's. So they threw in a few references to christian mythology, so what? If you find this sort of theme really interesting, start getting into some anime - Ghost in the Shell is and obvious classic, and Serial Experiment: Lain is an underrated masterpiece.
Okay, now that's outa the way.... I don't see how people can watch this and ooh and aaahh at the action like it's never been done before. Hong Kong cinema has been doing this stuff 100 times better for many years. Go see Wong Fei Hung.