Trying very hard, but entertaining nonetheless

Rating: 7/10 (17 May 2003)

This film must have felt enormous pressure being the sequel to one of the most inventive and surprising sci-fi flicks of the 90s.
As a film itself, it is solid enough entertainment, however as a Matrix film it endeavours to fill itself with too much, in my opinion. It contains a lot of portentous psychobabble (I'm a psychology student, and have also studied philosophy and it went way over my head) and some of the fight scenes, while fun to watch, have been done before.
Carrie-Anne Moss is excellent, and Keanu is passable again, but I must admit I found Laurence Fishburne's character to be extremely irritating. Then the Oracle comes along with her completely unenlightening babble, then the key guy, then the Architect (God?).
Disappointing, and a bit dull. 7/10