no story - just vidoe game promotion

Rating: 5/10 (11 June 2003)

Can you hear my sigh? 1) Matrix had all the potential. With a little more intelligence in storytelling this state of the art & style movie could have been the younger brother of masterpieces like Blade Runner or Alien. I cared for the characters and I enjoyed all the speed and the eye candy. This first one had a story to tell. 2) Matrix Reloaded still has this stylish green/grey/black look and the more than usual styled costumes. And receive my respect for the highway scenes and the scenes around Miss Bellucci and her guy (these scenes deliver the rare humour and oneliners of the movie). Fine. But to be honest: Did YOU realy care for anyone in this movie? What about those faceless and lost crowd of beauties dancing in the middle of the earth (Zion)? They laid a portion of pathos over it and lost all the impact of the powerful soundtrack in part 1! Why didn't they spent one of those billions for FX just in a clever screenplay? Aren't you seeking for something MORE in a movie - guys, whats wrong with a thrilling story inbetween all those playstation levels they offered to us viewers? Well after all this one is only slightly better than the truely terrible Star Wars 2 (Hey! - and I'm still a huge SciFi fan!). Of course we'll all watch part three - just to know how it ends. But the magic of part one is truely gone.