WOW! Although not perfect, a visually amazing film!

Rating: Null/10 (14 May 2003)

I got a chance to see this at a preview showing this morning, May 14th.
Anyone who goes to see this film needs to have seen the first Matrix or they will be totally lost.
Many of the mysteries not tied up in first film are revealed in this installment, and many more unanswered questions are presented to be taken up (hopefully) in the 3rd film due out later this year.
The groundbreaking visuals that amazed many people when the first Matrix came out almost 4 years ago will be pleased to find that this film delivers what it was tempting them with: the visual effects presented in this film are of a magnitude greater than the first Matrix. CGI and live action are for the most part flawlessly intermixed. The courtyard scene with Agent Smith(s) just keeps going, and going, and going. And the amount of those visuals are also a magnitude higher.
The martial arts displayed are (once again) a magnitude greater than the first film as well. This film must have been a nightmare to choreograph. The love scene / party scene could have been chopped down a bit, but otherwise a solid action film all around. And the film ends with a cliffhanger. Our heroes are in a very bad way and the movie ends with "To be concluded..."
And a word to my fellow Matrix fans - BE SURE TO STAY THROUGH THE CREDITS. There is a trailer for the next film tied into the end of the credits depicting the final showdown you will definitely want to see.