More of the same

Rating: Null/10 (2 December 2003)

As unique and wonderful as was the first "Matrix", it's appeal was it's uniqueness and the viewers engagement in figuring out what was really going on there. But at some point in the first movie we do "understand" and once that question is solved ...it's solved. Any sequel will lack that puzzlement. Unfortunately, also, uniqueness by definition cannot survive itself. The visual tricks from the first movie are no longer new. The sequel is more of the same. Too bad that nothing has a shorter life than sensation. And a rehash is a rehash is a rehash, as Gertrude Stein said (didn't she???).Jim Smith--------------------