Tooooooo long

Rating: 7/10 (15 October 2003)

Problem with this movie is that it's just too long, maybe if it started when Neo goes to see the Oracle it would be 10 out of 10 but unfortunately we get a slog through the innards of Zion and the rest. I can understand what the directors were aiming for but it just tends to drag on until the point of absurdity, namely the 'rave' scene complete with Morpheus' cringingly bad speech. On the other side of the coin though when the movie does speed up it delights as much as the original with the freeway chase in particular one of the most memorable action scenes this year.