What a refreshing change

Rating: 10/10 (25 November 2000)

So many people have commented favourably on this movie, there's not much I can really add. Except that it's incredibly refreshing to see an intelligent action movie. It's a real rarity in a society where action movies have been getting dumber and dumber. I think this film pretty much sounded the death-knell for the standard brainless Schwarzenegger/Van Damme genre (notice how relatively unsuccessful such movies have been since "The Matrix" was released). Perhaps "Total Recall" would have been as good as "The Matrix" if the original lead, Matthew Broderick, had starred instead of Arnie. Whatever. Reeves is perfectly cast as Neo, and the support are equally fine.
If you like this movie, you should also check out Alex Proyas' "Dark City", a film which tackles a similar subject in a completely different (but equally satisfying) way.
Rating: **** out of ****