Gets better every time I see it

Rating: 9/10 (28 August 2003)

This site categorizes Action movies rather strange. Sure, some classics like Kurosawa´s the Seven Samurai have action in them, but they are not actually action movies since officially the whole genre began to evolve from the Clint Eastwood movies of the 70´s and George Lucas´s Star Wars and Indiana Jones trilogy. After this, we´ve seen quite a lot of action movies as some of the world´s most successful movies are also. Most of them include a muscled, dumb man like Sylvester Stallone, Jean-Claude van Damme or Chuck Norris killing a lot of terrorists. Some of them, however are a lot more than just murdering terrorists. Some Action movies have a heart, they contain also a lot other beside carnage. Some of these movies are James Cameron´s Aliens and Terminator, Brian Singer´s X-men movies or, of course, the Matrix, which is one of the best action movies of all time.
Ok, so the movie´s plot has some similarities to the Terminator or Blade Runner of something, but they do not have such an imaginative picture of the future or the artificial reality it contains. I hate say it, but the only word I can explain this movies greatness, is cool. It looks cool, it feels cool, all the Action is so cool, that loads of action movies have tried to copy its coolness after this, but in my opinion, they have not succeeded very well.
Yes, this does get better by every watching, as the first time goes marveling at the wonders of the artificial world, evil kung-fu agents, the resistance and even computer effects, which look after four years almost as good as then. For the next couple of times, as you sink "deeper into the rabbit hole" you start to think about the philosophical questions this movie gives. And yes, still enjoy the action. It almost deserves a ten, but the movie has a few annoying plot holes and I´m not a big fan of Carrie-Ann Moss, not even in her Catwoman outfit. So, 9/10
The Best bit (May contain SPOILERs): When Trinity and Neo come to the Matrix to rescue Morpheus from the Agents, they have to pass a metal detector at the lobby. When Neo goes through it, it naturally beeps. He reveals to the guard he has a LOT of weapons under his coat. The guard goes: "Holy Sh*t!" And the shooting begins!