The Matrix should be Rebooted after this tedious sequel

Rating: 3/10 (26 June 2003)

The basic idea of The Matrix was interesting and the effects groundbreaking, however I should have known better than to expect an evolutionary development of the characters and plot. It is a shameful waste of money when they say just one 14min fight scene cost $40m. All the action sequences go on way too long and simply become tiresome with the directors incapable of knowing how to keep the drama tight. There's little humour to sweaten the pill other than Merovingian's swearing in French that he likens 'to wiping your ar.. with silk'. The appearance of Monica Bellucci did raise my pulse for a moment but she was little more than eye candy.