Surprisingly Appealing Action Movie for All Ages and Genders

Rating: 8/10 (19 December 2005)

I took a respite from a busy week at work to see "The Matrix" last weekend. I wasn't the only female in the audience. There was one other, also a mother accompanying a mortified pre-teen son.
Sure this is a video game come to life but it's surprisingly appealing to women so would actually make a cool date movie.
At first just the Keanu scenery is worth it (heck, I watched "Walk on the Clouds" twice).
But the women in the movie are cool too and the action is lots of fun.
The critics all put down the plot as murky but I got a kick out of the "what is reality?" stuff.
(5/9/1999)