good film

Rating: 9/10 (3 September 1999)

Cinematography, story and the directing of the film are good, but this hardly matches John Woo's "Bullet In the Head" in action or Blade Runner in it's profoundness. I found many ideas quite brilliant though the story seemed lacking in some aspects: the resurrecting kiss, the idea of the messiah (so worn out, be it a ubiquitous Jungian collective symbol), I actually found no rationale for the Matrix to perpetuate the human existence at all. Why should Matrix keep these humans living at all in the context of the story. Does it need guinea pigs to experiment on for some untold reason ? As a metaphor this story reminds of a group of "Marxist" rebels who have seen through the web of superficial lies and seen the light. They have broken out of the conventional dogma and seen the true face of surrounding society and it's pains, and pleasures.