Great Visual Effects, but why should I care?

Rating: 6/10 (16 April 1999)

Matrix is a stunning achievement in visual effects, but Keanu Reeves and Laurence Fishburne both give dreadfully flat and boring performances. In short I didn't care about any of the characters, and was bored by the hour long explanation of the plot (this after Fishburne's character claims that "no one can be told what the Matrix is"). The Matrix had a similar plot structure to one of 1998's best movies "Dark City" which unlike the Matrix, didn't bog down the action with boring actors and dialogue. And did anybody really buy the garbage ending?