Not much new, I'm afraid...

Rating: Null/10 (31 May 2003)

All together clearly disappointing. Maybe I expected too much, but while the first movie was original and advanced the genre of action or SciFi movies, this sequel is just a repetition of the same themes with an overdose of special effects.
Do we need this sequel? No we don't. Who felt in wont of more information after part one? Let us be frank. Who gives anything about Zion? Who cares if mankind or the machines will win? In a virtual world with virtual heroes and virtual reality, the story line becomes almost irrelevant. Therefore most people watch the sequel because of the special effects, the action, the fighting, the outfit etc. However, I found myself looking at my watch in the middle of the car chase, and after the first twenty seconds of Neo fighting Mr Smith times hundred, I got bored. There is just not much new. Neo flies like Superman (which he did already at the end of part one), he stops bullets in slow motion (which he did already...) and he shows again a lot of martial arts. Yes, this is all better done than before, but the whole point of Matrix is THE IDEA. And here the movie fails to deliver anything new.
Even the so called cliff hanger ending does not leave me in eager anticipation of part three. If I happen to go to the cinema at the time of its release and nothing better is on, I might even spend the money to see it. If not, I will wait for the DVD.
Bottom line: If you are a Matrix freak, nothing in the world will stop you to blow your money anyway. If you are already sceptical in the first place, do not bother with this sequel.