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Rating: 7/10 (8 July 1999)

Having read as many of the comments below as is humanly possible, I would have to say that I agree with all of them, positive or negative. The effects and fight scenes are, of course, flawless, but any pedant worth their salt will find plenty wrong with the plot and character motivation. But seeing as it attempts to deal with some intellectual concepts (semi-successfully), it would probably be wrong to criticise it too much, existing in a Hollywood where directors usually do as much as possible to keep the docile masses from exercising their grey matter. The Matrix is flawed, but as an action film it is (like T2) a step in the right direction.