Biggest disappointment of 2003

Rating: 6/10 (17 November 2003)

Imdb users on the Matrix Reloaded message board came up with better plot lines for this movie than the directors, the Wachowski brothers. Based on the message board discussions i was expecting to learn something new and shocking - Zion is part of the Matrix, Neo is a program not a person, stuff like that. Instead all we get is a futuristic gun battle, which is just fine in a simpler "good vs evil" plotline (Star Wars, for example). Smith should have stayed dead at the end of the first Matrix. As much as i loved Hugo Weaving's performance, the Smith plotline was treated as a distraction until the last fight.
With this movie, the Wachowskis clearly show themselves to be one-hit wonders. One great film, and then no more good ideas, ever.