They seriously weakened a great concept

Rating: 4/10 (18 May 2003)

I sat in a silent, packed house to see this weak attempt at carrying on what was a movie phenomenon...it doesn't work.
By 15 minutes into the movie, I turned to my wife to say, "this sucks". It continued to drain for another hour and 45 minutes.
This movie is a chinese action-flick with action scenes that are WAY too long, and dialoque in the interim that is WAY too slow.
Almost any unique scene setting cried to be over. In reality, after watching the whole movie, it was like nothing had happened from the 1st, great film.
For the avid fan, I guess it's okay...but I loved the first, watched Matrix Revisited on my DVD on a flight last week to bone up for the sequel, and then was as dissapointed as you can get when I actually saw it. That seemed to be the reaction of the entire theater as well.
(Best laugh, watch the "100 Smiths" fight in the city park with Neo, see how many times you can tell Neo is an animated cartoon and not remotely real looking).
to be concluded...