The Best Sequel Since Empire Strikes Back!!!

Rating: 10/10 (16 May 2003)

The Matrix Reloaded was truly the best sequel since the amazing Star Wars Episode 5, Empire Strikes Back. It had everything a sequel needed... incredible action (better than the first), character development as well as new characters introduced, and an amazing, thickening plot. As far as the ending of the film, everyone seems to have forgotten that Reloaded and Revolutions were supposed to be released at the same time, but due to the complex and technical level of the special effects Revolutions was not completed on time. So all of you nay-sayers of the ending must remember... its not an ending, but simply a time to catch your breath before you experience the rest of the story. This story, I might add, is an original idea... something Hollywood hasn't had in quite sometime. The Wachowski Brothers imagined this whole thing; they didn't take it from a book or a re-make of an older film. I know it sounds like I am the Matrix PR guy, but I am tired of complaints from movie-goers who feel the need to condemn anything that didn't come from the Sundance Film Festival or some eclectic crap like that. This movie blew me away, just as the original Matrix did in '99. It was well worth more than the $8 ticket price, and I will definately go see it in the theater a few more times.