"Second verse, not quite as good as the first..."

Rating: 5/10 (28 October 2003)

I'm not sure what the director was up to in the sequel to "The Matrix," but Reeves has his hands full being "the one."
Right from the start, the director shows Reeves' dominance in the film by holding off "all" the bad guys while his companions escape. It seems the training of "the one" is complete! Someone, though, should have trained the director on making sequels. The film was all over the place, but it still focused on Zion, humanity's homeworld, and the peril it was in from an invasion from "the machines."
It seemed, at times, there were too many main characters in this film. About the time one would get into what one was doing, the director would shift the focus onto someone else, not bothering to make any connection. I don't know...maybe I needed to pay closer attention than I did because I spent more time turning the sound up during conversations and then back down when all the special effects took over.
The special effects were a little too much. It was nice to see what a hero Reeves could be ("He's doin' his Superman thing!"), but some of the stunts were just a little too un-real! I realize that that was what being in the Matrix was all about, but I still couldn't fathom doing all those kinds of stunts...good thing Hollywood has CGI now, eh?
This film was really hyped up for it's theatrical release earlier this year, but overall, I'm glad a friend of mine borrowed me his DVD copy so I didn't have to waste money on renting it...