Not as good as the first one

Rating: Null/10 (20 May 2003)

For the enthusiastic Matrix fan, this movie is definitely worth watching. For the rest of us, like me, this movie is so-so. I was not impressed with the Bullet Time 2 action sequences. In fact, it was difficult to notice. However, granted that the action is stepped up to the thousandth power in this movie, the real drawback of this film is the overdone dialogue, especially when new characters are introduced. The scenes involving Percephone's husband going on and on about cause and effect or the scene with the councilman talking about the definition of "control" was laughable, just to name a few. Frankly, this isn't the first time I've heard this philosophical gobbledy-gook. The great part about this movie is, aside from the stepped up action sequences (they were very well done), the actor who plays Morpheus. He has a commanding presence on the screen. Unfortunately, his acting ability was not exploited in this movie, favoring, instead, Neo punching the lights out of just about every character in the movie. There is one scene in the movie, near the end, and tells Morpheus about the Oracle and his fallacy in his beliefs that struck my fancy. In that scene, Morpheus is shocked by Neo's comments and one can see Morpheus' face reacting to the ungodly news. If the movie exploited what went on in Morpheus' head at that time instead of wasting it on, say, Link's girlfriend or the insanely long techno dance scene, this movie would have been much better. Further, after seeing the ending, I have a feeling that Revolutions, the final movie in the Matrix trilogy, is going to be a downer. There are too many things to discuss about this movie, especially the ones that seem overly done and out of place. One has to see this movie and make his own judgements. Again, I would recommend this movie for the enthusiast, not just anyone.