the best yet

Rating: 10/10 (30 March 1999)

From the beginning of The Matrix all the way to the end, I was amazed and impressed. I'm not going to touch base on the plot, but it is something that has never been in any movie that I've ever heard of. The Matrix is laden with seamless special effects and the best camera angles in a movie to date. Bullet's cartridges pour over the tops of the camera lenses, shells are clearly shown being released from the side of the guns, and those are just a few of the great camera angles. Plus...the action sequences. The fight sequences, gunfights, explosions, and chase scenes are all done with a precision that is rarely achieved in any movie today. They all contain genuine intensity, originality, and perfect choreography. For an action movie, it's a long film, but the running time goes unnoticed. There are some plot holes, but not any considerable ones. At the beginning, some of the performances were a little bland, by the thirty minute mark of the movie, the entire cast is at their best. This movie tops off Terminator 2, Lethal Weapon, Die Hard and John Woo's 1989 classic "The Killer" as the best action movie of all time. The only thing that has a chance at beating it this year is Star Wars: Episode 1.