Unpardonable nonsense

Rating: 1/10 (31 May 2003)

Hugo Weaving looked cool in the first movie - so have a 100 Smiths in the next movie. Bullet-time looked cool in the first movie - so shoot 50% of the next movie in bullet-time. Add nonsensical pop philosophy - there is no choice, but everything has a cause - indeed!!! we need machines, and the machines need us ; some things never change, while some do - sounds like a high-school essayist on dope. Add to it anatomical anomalies such as the muscular brain [And I thought Smith was smart!]. There are sophisticated identification schemes - to ensure that Neo is the one, Seraph fights him - why not ask for a password? - especially when it is shown earlier that communication is encrypted via ssh ;-)
The first movie was a fresh concept, and somewhat tastefully done. It had promised to be the Neuromancer of the movie world, taking sci-fi from the "space, the final frontier" to cyberspace. With this installment, it all seems like a whole lot of wasted talent.