All frosting, no cake!

Rating: Null/10 (16 May 2003)

I saw the Matrix reloaded today and I guess the best way to describe it is crap, absolute crap! All I could think of as I walked out was that I'd like the last two hours of my life back! The story was virtually non-existent. A jumbled mish mash of special effects with really no coherent plot line to be found. The fight scenes weren't all that impressive and lasted way too long. Not only were the scenes too long but they were constantly slowing down, stopping and speeding up like you are riding in a car with someone who keeps pumping the brakes for no reason. The signature camera angles from the first movie were vastly overused in the sequel. The slo-mo got really old and had me thinking "OK, we get it already!". The new characters had no development and you ended up not caring about any of them. I kept wanting to like this film. The Matrix was so original in the story line that it sucked me in. Reloaded simply proves that you can have all the special effects in the world but without a good plot you have two hours of crap. I don't think I'll even rent this when it comes out on dvd.