Recommended all action movie. 9/10.

Rating: 9/10 (19 June 1999)

A most amazing film. Amazing because it avoids mistakes that so often plague formula Hollywood action movies. The sound track rocks. The excellent special effects are never over done or pushed into your face. There is (some) real acting. There are lots of bangs - always a good thing :) - but the gunfights, explosions and chases have a unique nature.
The story unfolds over the first half hour after which you find out what the matrix is. Pleasantly the trailer does not give away the plot - a pet hate of mine. The powerful 'Agents' make great villains and the confrontations with them are ramped up to a suitably explosive conclusion.
Go see this film and see if you don't let out a relieved giggle after "the lobby scene" which will go down in movie history as a benchmark for action films. I don't expect to see a better action film this year and that includes Phantom Menace.