Mind Bending - But Everything Makes Sense in the End...

Rating: 9/10 (30 May 2003)

This movie is like an enigma rolled into a fortune cookie. It is a puzzle that is right there in front of you - plain as day but too much focus is put into the wording of the little piece of paper inside that we forget all about the hard little shell that contained the ideas presented. And once the "cookie crumbles" what are you left with? In the case of this movie a very satisfying mind trip that makes you rethink everything you thought about the "Matrix" and Zion. Is Neo the ONE? Yes, but as mentioned in the first movie - he is a "second?!?!?" coming. I loved the idea presented at the end of this movie - where everything comes down to choice - and every choice has its consequences. What is best about this movie is that it took everything you thought you knew about the Matrix and turned it on its ear. Are all programs necessarily bad? No. Is Neo truly the messiah some of his followers think he is or just an anomoly in the system as the programs view him. In the end it came down to what sacrifices was Neo willing to make - do we risk all of mankind for a freedom that those inside the matrix would never want to be part of? I am excited to see how this trilogy winds up in a couple of months and until then - we will just have to stay plugged in.