Better than the original...

Rating: 9/10 (6 November 2003)

This movie is better than the original because it makes you think. When I first saw the original, I had very mixed feelings about it because I didn't get it. After watching it numerous times, I finally got it. After watching reloaded, I wracked my brain for days trying to make sense of it, especially the intense scene with the architect. Any action movie that can create as much tension using dialogue as with special effects is simply amazing. But all that aside, reloaded is a stunning achievement. If you think you got it when you left the theatre, you weren't paying attention. When I look back and watch the original now, I get bored. Reloaded has so much more to it. Yeah, so what if he found out that his world isn't real. I found the discussions on choice in reloaded far more thought provoking. Do we have choice, or are we all under control? These are the questions you are left with, and since they are not convieniently answered like in the original, you have to think.