wheres the beef?

Rating: Null/10 (15 May 2003)

Ive got mixed feelings. The action is fantastic. I was gripping my seat alot more than i was in the first Matrix. But increadible action was only a component of what made the original such a good movie; it also had love, betrayal, self realization and most importantly, a conclusion. Reloaded introduces or i guess continues a underlying theme of choice vs. destiny which i thought was fairly well done. It didnt alter my veiw of reality like matrix did and the only question i had to ask myself when i left the movie was "did i miss something?". I realize i should take this with a grain of salt. The middle child of any trilogy is handicapped by the lack of a true begining or ending and you really realize it in this movie. I guess my biggest problem with this movie is that it has too many completely unexplained characters who theoreticly are pretty damn important and too many attempts at humor with a chris rock-esque comic foil. All in all though, I did enjoy this movie and i plan to see it again in hopes of piecing it together and if nothing else, to see Neo go sick nasty on the agent smiths with a metal pipe.
rating: 7 out of 10