Thinking movie with action

Rating: Null/10 (25 May 2003)

So many people, it seems, have gone to this movie, thinking that they were going to see pure action, have lots of fun, and not have to do any thinking.
They were wrong.
This is a thinking movie - possibly one of the most subversive movies that has come out of Hollywood in decades. There happens to be action involved - darn good action, too.
Keanu Reeves is back as Neo - which is in itself an anagram for One - since he is The One. He's been there before, in case everyone missed that minor detail in the scene with the Architect. In fact, everyone has been there before - this is the sixth time that Zion has been attacked by the machines.
Think about this movie as a combination of Gnostic gospels, along with Zaroastian, Budhism and Hinduism. Then you've got some concept of what you're dealing with.
Everything is in this movie for a reason - and I feel sorry for those programs, er, people, who have missed it.