Great effects, but can I have a storyline please?

Rating: 5/10 (13 April 1999)

I heard someone once say that if you you like what someone else is doing artistically you should steal it from them, but The Matrix takes this a bit too far. I also heard that when you steal you should try to improve upon the original idea. The makers of Matrix must have missed that part of the lesson. The Matrix shamelessly steal its story line (and not too well) from Dark City (a much better movie that makes sense). The costume designer has no doubt seen Men In Black. The central man v. machine story was also done better by Stanley Kubrick in 2001: Space Odyssey. I have to admit that I liked the movie though, but only for the special effects. Finally, I want to definitively say Keanu Reeves can't act. So, watch The Matrix but leave your brain at the door.