Great movie if you can sit through the talking

Rating: Null/10 (29 November 2003)

Don't get me wrong, a weak plot doesn't ruin a movie for me, but I went to see this movie for the action and special effects. Having to sit through thirty minutes of dribble between each five minutes of eye candy extravaganza, really killed this movie for me.
The one redeeming factor is that when the action came raining in, it came fast and poured hard. The sequence on the highway possessed everything great about action: hard kicks, high flips, close calls, fast hands, spectacular destruction of cars, Carrie-Anne Moss straddling a motorcycle, and a man who can fly without a cape. (A long overcoat just looks better.)
Some may say that a lot of the fighting sequences were just repeating moves, I say "Good! I loved it the first time, and it still looks great the second and third time."
Overall, while this movie may be torture having to sit through in a theater, it can highly enjoyable with a fast-forward button.