Slick in Parts...

Rating: Null/10 (14 May 2003)

I am a die-hard fan of the first one. So, I entered the theatre for the opening show of Matrix reloaded with much expectations. Most of them were met, some were not. That said, the new installment of the Matrix is worth the wait. If nothing then the "Burly Brawl" is worth everything. The machines ARE taking over. I can predict that in 5 years, some games on sony Playstation-X will be enabling gamers ro make moves like what Neo was doing to those 100s of agent smith's. Amazing, the time and the effort that was put into that scene is ground-breaking. Some scenes are out of place, the celebration in Zion and the tea-house confrontation come to mind. The most cereblal moment is the one in which Neo is revealed the true purpose of the One by the architect of the Matrix. I came out in a daze, mostly because of the visual spectacle that these guys have created and in some parts by the sudden unexpected ending. I felt like I had been watching the LOTR part 1. This is one flick which demands that we buy the DVD version when it comes out, or at least watch it again in the Theatre, just for the Burly Brawl.