The Matrix Rebloated! Hurray.

Rating: 5/10 (23 May 2003)

Mmh, what is there to be said about this one? Laurence Fishburne needs to lose some weight. Period. Interestingly enough this movie looks like it was made before the original Matrix film. Blade and Bladerunner had a child and they called it Matrix Reloaded. While some of the visual stuff is pretty well done other shots are simply poor.
Every time they do the shot overlooking Zion I can't help but wonder if they actually still use mate paintings? Some other scenes don't look too good either.
Seeing this at a pre-screening I might have guessed that they were still working on the film. I paid 7.50 for this one so that doesn't seem to be an option.
Won't say anything about the story, things are being moved forward plotwise, but until Revolutions there is really no way of making final conclusions on all of this. Anyone saying otherwise is imagining things.
In short, too many fight scenes that do get boring, too much of most things, too little atmosphere, too many side characters..., the horrible Zion Megarave featuring Stomp and the sweaty Cavepeople...
The worst moments had me seeing Jerry Bruckheimers Name written on them.
There is lot of effort in this flick, no doubt, but I'm hoping for a better third act.