Good film, but very reminiscent of Dark City (and a tip of the hat to Mortal Kombat)

Rating: Null/10 (14 June 1999)

Yes, The Matrix is a great film. It's tightly edited and the action rarely flags. However, all this semi-mystical nonsense about the "incomprehensibility" of the plot is overblown. In essence, it's the same plot as last year's woefully neglected Dark City. Just replace shiny 1990s pseudo-city with dark gothic 1920s pseudo-city (and robots with aliens) and voila! And the lauded kung-fu scenes put me very much in mind of 1995's Mortal Kombat.