Not as good as the first

Rating: 5/10 (16 May 2003)

I really wanted to like this movie because I liked the first "Matrix". I liked the whole image and the philosophy behind it. But "The Matrix Reloaded" just doesn't live up to the hype. Sure, it's entertaining and it has great special effects, but it has so many other problems. The film score was horrible (it was like soap opera music), the acting was flat, the pacing was bad, and the story was weak in places.
The movie desperately tried to develop a loving and intimate relationship between Neo and Trinity, but it failed miserably. It didn't seem like they were truly in love. The sex scene between them seemed like it was thrown in at the last minute and was completely void of any eroticism. In fact, all the relationships in the film lacked chemistry. Come on, these are the last humans of a machine world they should be full of chemistry!!!
Now, I admit, they did a good job in extending the mystery of the Matrix. The scenes between Neo and the Oracle and Neo and the Architect were good. And a couple of the fights scenes were awesome, although some of the others were drawn out and unnecessary. There is potential for surprises in the 3rd movie, which is good. Hopefully, it will be better than this one.

Overall, I was greatly disappointed with "The Matrix Reloaded". I'm sure tons of people will give this 10 stars and the movie will shatter all the box office records, but that just goes to show you that people are like drones, they believe what they hear and blindly follow the hype