slick action, no passion - major disappointment

Rating: 5/10 (24 May 2003)

The plot is terribly weak - Neo has a bad dream, has sex with Trinity, listens to a series of people bullshitting him about choice and destiny and gets himself and the world in a mess.
If there is indeed a script holding the story together it has disappeared behind so much empty monologue, unrelated scenes and a mixture of hong kong and star wars, complete with council and commander. Where there was character development in "Matrix" there is absolutely none in this supposedly "reloaded" sequel. should have been named "Matrix drained".
Action is pretty good visually but not emotionally gripping at all. Neo has turned into Superman and can fly out of tight spots as he pleases (wonder why he bothers to fight the Smithes in the first place), at one point even flies a couple hundred miles to arrive in just the right split second (sure, why not) - sadly, this isn't even a spoiler - if you hoped for something more imaginative, sorry! this is on the level of any old TV series. There is even a cliffhanger ending "And now wait for part three"... couldn't believe it.
even the machines were more frightening in "Matrix". "Tom and Jerry" is definitely more fun.
On the plus side: I liked the twin ghost monsters