not much improvement from Reeves, but entertaining overall

Rating: 9/10 (2 April 1999)

The plot and idea were all pretty new and were good. The special effects were very good too, but the best was still the action and fightings. They are awesome. The only thing I wasn't too sure about was Keanu Reeves. Not that I have anything against him, in fact, I think he did a fine job in the movie (especially the effort he put in on all the actions) but compared to the movie Devil's Advocate, I didn't see big improvements from him. He facial expressions were almost identical in the two movies (and Al Pacino was just too good standing beside him, he wasn't too good in that movie) but of course, there isn't as much acting in Matrix as in Devil's advocate... despite that, The Matrix was very entertaining. I gave it a 9 (more like a 8.6)