Typical Hollywood Action Movie...

Rating: 6/10 (16 May 2003)

Plotless, actorless, and just plain boring for the most part. There were a few good scenes, the Freeway chase, the Neo vs Agent Smith x 100, and that was really all that kept me going. Yet I still found myself wondering if I'd done the right choice by seeing The Matrix 2.
Sadly, I somewhat was correct. Yet the funny thing is I had very low expectations for this movie. And the Wachowskis did a wonderful job of making me disappointed I saw this movie. The plot was nonexistent, the dialogue and acting were almost as bad as a porno movie's acting, and well, there was the recycled SFX. I remember reading a few interviews with the Wachowskis and how they said that the SFX in Reloaded would beat the first Matrix movie. Well, they were blowing smoke up where the sun don't shine. The SFX were nearly all the same from the first movie, minus the Twins. (Who should've gotten more screentime, considering the amount they get in the previews). The fight scenes were way too rehearsed to even be close to believeable. I nearly fell asleep during the Seraph/Neo fight... And the ending, we can't forget that! And how poor it was. Very poor...even Back to the Future 2's ending wasn't that bad.
To see a sequel executed on all 10 cylinders, go see X2. That movie expanded on the original and did it with pinache. Reloaded is a drag.