Average

Rating: 6/10 (17 May 2003)

An ok sequel that needed either to be a full on action extravaganza or deep with plot to match or even surpass its predecessor. Unfortunately, out of 130mins running time you get around 30 mins of action backed up by a really weak plot (i.e. find key to open door) saturated in nonsensical technobable.

The movie features 2 main action sequences which were great but the computer graphics were as obvious as they were in Spider-man. But what is annoying as that all of the great action was inside the known matrix which kind of left me thinking who cares. I mean, so what if Neo can fly really fast or fight off 100 agent Smiths. Its all a virtual reality where they keep telling you that you can do anything.
The biggest let down had to be the attempted plot twist when Neo meets Colonel Sanders in the central computer mainframe. They should have spent a LOT more time getting to the room instead of listening to the Architect ramble on. The movie was starting to pick up some decent momentum only to be struck down with more dialogue.
Who cares, who cares, who cares.
Overall an average movie 6/10 that