Rather overrated.

Rating: Null/10 (1 December 1999)

STAR RATING:*****Unmissable.****Very Good.***Okay.**You Could Go Out For A Meal Instead.*Avoid At All Costs.
I've got a simple synopsis for what some are trying to class as the greatest movie of the year:impressive ideas/lines,impressive effects......muddled execution.
As ever,this is one of those movies you're probably better off catching at the cinema because the special effects will probably have greater effect there.Seen on small screen,they look a bit cramped.It's nice to see Keanu Reeves back again after such a notably long stretch,but the simple fact remains,he is something of a wooden actor,and not the easiest screen persona to warm to to make it any better,e.g. as in the case of Chuck Norris.Laurence Fishburne,as ever,is ace but even he can't really seem to make sight nor sense of this rather lame material for plot development.I could'nt understand what on earth was going on throughout.
In it's favour,the special effects were impressive.The giant bug like things were super.
I'd say this was a Sci-Fi film in which you had to use your brain ,only for this you'd need a coherent plot of sorts.In my harshest tone,I could accuse The Matrix of being complete technobabble.The ending is a bit daft,too.
So,overall,I'd say The Matrix was an intelligent,original Sci-Fi movie which was a bit too long and did'nt really handle it's source material to well.So,go figure.***