1st half boring, 2nd half triumphant

Rating: 8/10 (29 October 2003)

I had to wait exactly one hour to see some meaningful action in the new 'Matrix'. At the time that Neo, Morpheus and Trinity went back together inside the Matrix, the whole thing turned from a borefest into something totally magnificent.
The car chase is cinematic history on its own and the visual effects of the whole movie make 'Attack of the clones' look like Frogger. The story is great too, again only for the 2nd half of the movie. There's a twist in the end, where all rules seem to turn upside down, but you should watch the movie to see for yourselves.
The first half is boring, meaningless and makes you think that the brothers have started to believe in their own myth, just like George Lucas did. The events in Zyon are meaningless and the sets look like a cross between the Black Panther offices and Battlestar Galactica. They should really reconsider that first part.
Anyway, watching 'The Matrix Reloaded' till the end, makes you forget about the rather meaningless introduction and you leave the movie wanting more.
8/10