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Rating: 3/10 (6 November 2003)

If you like video games, lots of stylish pointless make-believe fights, and if you are a pure bred computer geek, there is maybe, just maybe, a slight chance you might like this thing. The movie is bearable during the short segments when nobody opens their mouth. The dialogues are excruciatingly painful. Most of them go something like: "I trust him (Neo). He is the only one who can save us." Neo:"Thank you". Also, I don't think wooden acting looks cool, even behind chic sunglasses and trenchcoats.
Two things that draw some attention: intense battle scenes a la Starship Troopers, and terrific Hugo Weaving (although a little too much of him).
And, yes, Keanu Reeves sobs and snivels again. 3/10