a B film

Rating: 6/10 (14 May 2003)

It's a B movie. The first act is a C, the second act is a B-/B and the third act is a B+/A- (and only for story elements)
I'm tired so i'll make this short.
The story is there - the explanation scenes are not. They are poorly written, too long, and overblown. We go from ADD fight scenes to complex philosophical statements - which don't even seem to matter.
The action is there - good action, not breaking new ground like the original but some good stuff that's worth look. -- however, it seems forced at times. It seems like they were trying to hard to make another matrix movie - and didn't try hard enough to make a good movie first.
Some stuff goes on for too long. Some of the writing isn't great. Some scenes are campy and forced.
The ending is great it's cool - I did feel that a lot of it was contrived. With sequels you end up with a first movie - complete and original film - and the sequels are contrived (their existence contingent on the success of the first).
The first movie is about an A- for me, this one is about a B. There's good stuff in it, don't get wrong. But i don't think it's told as well as it could have been.