Lacking the X-Factor...

Rating: 7/10 (1 June 2003)

I loved the original Matrix and I have been looking forward to the Matrix Reloaded for a while now. Before going in - I made sure to tell myself that this wouldn't be as good as the original, that a lot of the complicated doublespeak that made the Matrix an instant classic in my mind will be gone and be replaced with 'impressive' battle scenes.
I wasn't wrong - to my disappointment. The battle scenes looked cool but dragged on too much. I felt that while it was a solid movie on it's own right; it just lacked the X-Factor that the original had. Morpheus had seemed to of lost his aura and I left the theatre understanding what was going on. That was just wrong...
The Matrix Reloaded may have been doing the same things better but correct me if I'm wrong - they were still doing the same things.
I'll give the Matrix 7/10. It was good but not great.