What a waste

Rating: 3/10 (6 November 2003)

This movie has cardboard characters you could give a damn about, including an obvious Vasquez rip off from Aliens. Do the filmmakers actually expect me to care about any simple character they just throw in the mix? Am I supposed to care if these people in Zion are in danger or if they all died? I don't even know them and worst of all they're some of the most annoying and cliched characters I've ever seen.
Characters introduced in Reloaded were dismissed after a couple of scenes. And the worst part of all...Neo, Trinity and Morpheus are guest stars in their own movie. Morpheus got the worst of it. He's been reduced to a bum that's taking orders from Niobe. What happened to that strong leader we knew throughout the series? He's a punk in this movie. He doesn't take charge on anything.
Rehashed/overkill action sequences. The first action piece at Club Hell is nothing more than the lobby shootout from the first Matrix with people running on the ceiling. Why do they run on the ceiling? Hell if I know. I guess someone didn't tell these guys bullets still hit you even if you're upside down. And someone get Trinity some new moves, her stuff was played out after Reloaded. The Zion battle looked pretty for 2 minutes, after that it all looked the same. Superbrawl, same deal...I thought the sound effects were more interesting than anything on screen. And with Neo and Smith both wearing black the flying scenes didn't have much impact with the sky also being black. They blended right in so you could barely see them.

Some of the most long winded scenes I've seen in awhile that prompted jeers from the audience. Trinity's death went so long I almost thought it was a spoof. And some of the dialogue was cringe-worthy..."Neo, I believe!!" Ugh.