The Matrix Reloaded: Underwhelming in Every Way

Rating: 3/10 (15 May 2003)

The Matrix Reloaded was nothing more than 2 hour long snorefest filled with overblown CGI action sequences and horribly cliche pop philosophical overtones.
I was particularly surprised that the action scenes weren't amazing at all, but instead pointless, like the rest of the film. I thought the car chase scene was going to be spectacular, but it was so drawn out that it ended up being no better than average. The acting was wooden and the plot was basically a mish-mash of popular philosophy tied together with dialogue written through the aid of a thesaurus. Most of the dialogue in The Matrix Reloaded tries to be overly complex, resulting in a whole lot of circular reasoning fallacies. While I never truly enjoyed any scene in the film, the dialogue with Merovingian was mildly entertaining. And then there's the worst scene in the entire film, the rave/sex scene. Absolutely terrible. It served no purpose whatsoever. That scene alone had me hoping for the destruction of Zion right from the start.
Nothing gets accomplished in the duration of this film. By the time the movie has ran its course, nothing is solved, and basically the whole 2 hours were worthless. Yes, I understand that this is a trilogy, but this whole movie didn't do anything except wax philosophical in between CGI kung fu scenes. Overall, The Matrix Reloaded was a very mediocre film that doesn't even begin to touch its predecessor.