The Matrix Reloaded is a load of do-do

Rating: Null/10 (22 May 2003)

'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' meets 'The Twin Towers' meets 'Star Wars' meets CGI with a vengeance and what do you get? A re-load of rubbish. What an empty, arid, pretentious, tedious piece of b.s. There are no ideas here, no heart, nothing remotely human or uplifting. It's all flash, bells and whistles, smoke and mirrors, sound and fury that signifies nothing. The target audience is 13-year-old geeks who wish they could be tougher on the playground. In sum, this is the latest and perhaps most egregious example to date of enormously over-hyped corporate entertainment of the most cynical variety--all spectacle, no substance. An insult to any thinking person.