What's real, and what isn't... oh, I don't care

Rating: 4/10 (13 June 1999)

This movie SUCKED, big time. Yes, the special effects were sensational. Yes, the story was mildly interesting (What there was of it). But as Independance Day famously proved, you need more than that to make a good movie; but not, apparently, to sell one. Besides the hugely cliched and excruciating dialogue, Keanu Reeves continued his tradition of lending no personality whatsoever to his character, much as the rest of the 'actors' in this terrible, terrible film. The only chap with even a small measure of integrity and personality was the great Laurence Fishburne, and he certainly was far from at his best. I didn't care one jot who lived or died when I was watching this movie, although I must admit it was rather satisfying when the infuriatingly smug agent was finally dispatched. Anyone who genuinely liked The Matrix is nothing more than a conveyor belt mass-production social drone who'll swallow any old hype and sacrifice any amount of dignity for the sake of a few nice effects. Just a normal Keanu Reeves film, then.