Delivers on Action and Thrills

Rating: 7/10 (17 February 2017)

The Matrix Reloaded (2003) is the highly anticipated sequel to the classic once in a lifetime film The Matrix (1999). This film may be somewhat confusing on the regular but within exploring more about the initial outline and plot of the film, one can become much more involved and have a better understanding at what this film is closely about. Within the film, we first notice something where it sets the film as a set up. It is Neo having nightmares about Trinity's ultimate fate where he sees her falling down from somewhere in fear, but he doesn't reach the full end of this nightmare as each time he sees this, he then wakes up in distraught fear. Then we have Morpheus defending his decision to remove the Nebuchadnezzar from the first line of defense and shows renewed interest in his ex-lover, Captain Niobe (Jada Pinkett Smith). In the meantime, we get our first glimpse of Zion where the main floor with its rusted iron walkways and power generators looks like the remodeled boiler room of the Titanic. Neo learns that he must find the Keymaker (Randall Duk Kim) who alone can provide him with entry to the mysterious source that controls the Matrix.
The Matrix Reloaded delivers some of the best special effects of that time and they are sensational and several action sequences stand out. Easily the most memorable and stand-out portion of the film which excels is a 15-minute freeway chase involving cars, motorbikes, semis, and a samurai sword. All this involves special effects that are, in their own way, as cutting-edge as the much- copied "bullet time" technique from the first film, if subtler in appearance.
The Matrix Reloaded is a great action film with much sense and is visually concrete, however as a sequel to a classic in The Matrix, it is not necessarily the same as it falls somewhat short. Which isn't that bad but predictable. We understood that it would be rare and very difficult to create a duplicate of the original, but this film is solid and has a massive following.