A good action movie

Rating: 5/10 (13 December 1999)

I thought that The Matrix was one of the better action movies I have ever seen. However, the depth that so many other people see, I do not. It seems like the directors read some philosophy of knowledge, found enough of an idea to make a movie, and then quit. The philosophy of this movie misses the entrie point of epistemology, which doesn't ask if we are in the true reality, but more what is reality, how do we interact with it, and how do we have knowledge of it. As far as acting, Fishburne was good, as was Weaving, but it seemed that Reeves and Moss were there so they could be seen in tight leather. The special effects are very well done, and I loved the training sessions. The directors do a good job of building the action and the suspence. Overall a good action movie, but little more.