Excellent and thought provoking (few spoilers)

Rating: 9/10 (21 May 2003)

A lot of people seem to think that this movie is something that it is not. It is not the original matrix. The first movie was an introduction and Reloaded has much greater scale. Reloaded allows you to really sink your teeth into the story and the intellectual questions about the nature of reality and choice. The Matrix simply gave you a taste and allowed you to become familiar with the rules of the matrix universe. It also had a great story of course, but like FOTR it was incomplete. Reloaded further explores Morpheus's role as something of a religious leader in Zion and shows us the gritty almost tribal society of the last human city. It almost reminded me of something out of Jesus Christ Superstar (Intentional? I think so!) I have no problem with any part of this movie. The shots of Zion, its people and its government created atmosphere and complexity. They also created something larger then the small and isolated crew of one ship searching for the `one'. They created a free society and a higher purpose; something that the characters would die defending. I especially enjoyed the twins, the multiple agent Smiths, and surprisingly enough the new crewer Link. Of course I would have to be dead to not enjoy the action. Like the first, it blew me away. More bullet time just doesn't cut it and the brothers seem to have realized this. The agent Smiths scene was out of this world, and I practically wet myself during the highway chase. Talk about nail biting action, it was almost too unrelenting.
Anyhow, great movie that really surprised and to a certain extent shocked me. Thought provoking and action packed. 9/10 I would have given it another one point, but I managed to not wet myself, so it looses a bit there.