Awesome special effects loaded kick-em-up Sci-fi flick

Rating: 8/10 (4 April 1999)

Every good thing you hear about this movie is true. The special effects are amazing and Keanu doesn't talk much. Any bad thing you hear is just someone who just didn't get it. The plot is simple: take one part Terminator, one part Total Recall and two parts any movie like Dark City or 12 Monkeys or that Star Trek episode where they fight at the O K Corral. There are weaknesses in dialogue but not enough to be bothersome, but the story is good solid sci-fi. What is the Matrix? It's everywhere and everything--simply, it's a computer program, but really it's not that simple: watching the characters learn to understand that is two-thirds of the movie AND THAT'S NOT A BAD THING. We watch them learn and what we learn about what's happened to their world in the mean time is interesting enough to keep your mind wondering where all this is going. Another reason to go out and get a DVD player.....