Just Watch the Preview

Rating: 7/10 (15 May 2003)

I'm guessing that all the other user comments came from the loser section of the hard core Matrix fan arena. With these kind of critics the producers could have slapped a Matrix label on a box of dog crap and still gotten glowing reviews. I am a huge Matrix fan and have seen the movie 3 times in the theatre and countless times after. So here is a legitimate review. Aside from the fight seen, the first 45 minutes is a waste of budget money and film. Anyone who says it contributed to the plot and enjoyment of the movie is lying, or hasn't seen it yet. I knew that this film would have much deeper pockets than the first one, which may have contributed to its thin plot and meaningless action. The movie is packed with explosions, high budget car chases, and wall to wall wire fighting and C.G.I. effects. But it seriously lacks in the original story and attention to detail of the first. In one particular fight scene where Neo was taking on multiples of the same agent, my girlfriend turned to me and said "This doesn't look real, it looks like a video game." I thought that perhaps it was just my over-critical eye for C.G.I. detail, but coming from a girl who's movie genre is romantic comedy . . . I was shocked. Since it seems like the entire basis of the movie is the action; to her the effects should have appeared flawless. You know you're going to see Reloaded eventually, but do yourself a favor and don't wait in any lineups.