A film with expectations this high can only disappoint...

Rating: Null/10 (23 June 2003)

...and that's exactly what is does.
I'm a huge fan of the original Matrix and when I heard they were making not only one sequel but a trilogy I was thrilled... I loved the first and I couldn't wait for more.
Then I saw the trailer for Reloaded! It looked AMAZING!!! And the hype was out of this world. So I kept one thing in mind: A movie that looks this great and generates incredibly high expectations can only disappoint. So I anchored my expectations. Little did I know how low I should have kept them.

The original film mixed excellent fight choreography with a Terminator style plot (Machines take over the world and one man is sought after to lead a fight against them) with a fun touch of Zen dialogue ("There is no spoon"). But, unfortunately, once the movie became such a phenomenon and developed such a huge following it seems as if the film makers decided that what followed should be much more "epic" (i.e.; pretentious). What they succeeded in doing is making the film much more boring... there is waaay too much technical computer jargon and that fun touch of Zen dialogue in the original is over the top in this one. Almost every time a character spoke in this film I felt like yelling "SHUT THE F*CK UP!!!!". But, fortunately, this film sports some of the best action scenes ever filmed (the extended car chase scene is amazing), although the scene where Neo is attacked by all the Smith clones goes on far too long. Also, I know this is a trilogy and is "to be concluded", but couldn't the makers have found a better point to end the film... they should have taken notes from Peter Jackson in the way he ends his Lord of the Rings films... Reloaded's ending just felt awkward. Overall I'd say the film is "incredibly average". I say this only because of my expectations and my love of the original. Hopefully, they'll tone down the pretention in Revolutions (although judging by the title and the fact that it's the conclusion, I doubt it).
6 out of 10 for the action scenes.