a badly done RPG game with unnecessary sex.

Rating: 1/10 (19 May 2003)

This movie could have been great, personally I didn't think it was should have been even made. The first film ended nicely and it wasn't necessary to show what happens after that.
The way this film was written reminded me of cheap SNES RPG's: first you must find the key master, then you must open the gates to the tree of life before Astos does, use your mana to destroy him.
The writing was ridiculously bad, all those revelations and secrets revealed, neither intrigued me or surprised me, not because I knew, but because i didn't care.
The additional characters like Link, his family and that annoying kid who worships Neo, were lame and not compelling. That kid was seriously the Matrix's answer to Jar Jar Binks, but the real question is, why would they want a character like that? Link's motivation to join the team was strained, and both he and his wife seemed dead and emotion-less.
The acting was terrible. If it's possible Keanu Reeves has sunk to a new level of bad acting. There was bad acting in the first one but the incredible story and supporting cast made up for it, this time they just made it worse.
The so-called cutting edge special effects were incredibly disappointing. Often scenes involving special effects were just completely CGI. The CGI in this film was badly rendered, no texture, video games have better computer animation. In defense of the animation, though, the movement was well done.
There is a scene that lasts at least five minutes, that is a crowded, sexually charged rave scene, inter-spliced with a sex scene between Neo and Trinity. Maybe a minute of this with tamer sexuality would have been good, but the fact that it went on for so long, was simply baffling. And the unnecessary shots of women's breasts through completely see-through shirts, were just surprising, for a film like this.
The only redeeming qualities of this film were Agent Smith, the Marovingian swearing, and the fight scenes, which even with the sub par animation were cool and intense as usual. but unlike the first it has definitely not set any standard for sci-fi or special effects.
4/10, only because of the fighting and Agent Smith.