Most boring fight scenes ever.

Rating: Null/10 (30 May 2003)

What a disappointment. The first Matrix wasn't brilliant, a mangled rehash of Dark City, Terminator and Fist of Legend, with some interesting effects. At least it held the interest though, but this? The fight scenes were so full of effects that they were unrecognizable as Yuen's work. Keanu was dull, Laurence Fishburne was stiff and clumsy in both acting and fighting, and Carrie-Anne Moss, the best mover of the three, got hardly any screen time doing anything remotely interesting (gazing lovingly at Keanu does not count).
The script varied between cheesy and just plain bad, and I found it very difficult to care about any of the characters. Is this really the same people that made Bound?
However, there were a few saving graces. Hugo Weaving was wonderful, as was Gloria Foster as The Oracle.
Overall, I think this goes to show that you can't substitute special effects for real talent, fighting, acting or otherwise. Come on guys, I know you can do better than this.