First one was better

Rating: 8/10 (19 May 2003)

Talking about SF effects, the Matrix 2 has leapfrogged the first one. But as regards the plot, it was a shadow of its predecessor. The first one naturally had a shocking inventive step - the story of human beings acting like batteries. The second was not original - and this lack of originality was not compensated enough by the development of the story which sometimes was not logical at all. What was for instance the reason for Neo to fight a crowd of agents when he could have flown away at any moment? Or imagine what could have happened if agents came through to the real world - not one, but at least 10. It would be enough to destroy Zion in a minute...