Recipe for The Matrix

Rating: Null/10 (8 May 1999)

Take...
John Woo slo-mo, dual pistol scenes Total Recall, Truman Show, Dark City alternate reality theme. Lost in Space, Armageddon-like special effects. Blade Runner-like philosophy. "Subtle" sunglasses, mobile phone advertising.
Stir well, add a touch of cheese(iness), hype, shoddy acting, appalling dialogue, LOTS of guns and you have the Matrix. A mediocre rip-off of many great films out today.
Not only did this movie borrow elements from other flicks, but it also tried to blow them out of proportion. Slo-mos were used to the point of absurdity and the one scene which I found remotely interesting was the freeze-photography shot in the simulation...which had already been done in Lost In Space. This movie had enough guns to start an arms dealing ring and so many plot holes it could masquerade as a flyscreen door. To classify The Matrix as a sci-fi movie is a total joke. And as an action movie, it's over-hyped, over-budgeted and over-the-top.
All my friends seemed to like this movie...am I the only one who can spot its faults?!?