Well worth the wait - delivers in spades!!!

Rating: Null/10 (23 May 2003)

Like a lot of people I have been looking forward to these films for nearly 4 years now and like a lot of people I was getting a little worried by the negative reviews that it had attracted. Finally, it has been released in England (6, yes count 'em, 6 days after you lucky folks in the US) and I caught the first screening I could.Oh.My.God! Forget all the nit-picking. Forget all the CG slating. Ask yourself just one question - Did you like the first one? If your answer is anywhere near 'Are you kidding me - I LOVED the first one!' Then do yourself a favour - get off the net and GO SEE IT! Everyone, cast and crew, seem to have given %110 to really make this film something. So much of it blew me away I have been grinning from ear to ear ever since! Personal highlights include: (MINOR SPOILERS) Neo's first fight with the Agents - Too cool. Morpheus in the real world - Ditto. Trinity getting the hump with Persophone - Cool, but also very endearing (you can tell she really loves him, it's so sweet!) The humour - There are some great lines
Everything in the sequel is larger than the first, Neo's skills, Morpheus's beliefs, our insight into the rules and the game being played, the challenges our hero's face. Everything. All the negative comments about the plot, effects, script etc. may well be justified in the minds eye of the nay-sayers but if you just go in and keep your eyes ( and your ears )open it is all up there. Every twist in the plot or new character introduced is explained. The Wachowski brothers and everyone involved in making the film deserve respect for getting such a film on to the screen. Be thankful we get to see such things.