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Rating: 3/10 (6 November 2003)

I must say that I really expected more from these directors after seeing The Matrix. How this thing devolved into a sappy, formulaic series of smarmy stupidity is anyone's guess. My theory is that the Wachowski brothers are victims of their own success and too much money. Story, dialogue, and character aren't all that expensive to produce, but as it is, they would have been better off if they had paid a monkey to sit at a keyboard and type the script. I was sure the storytellers had learned their lessons with "Reloaded." Alas, no - and I'm reduced to trying to erase these two sequels from my memory so that I might enjoy the first one again. And I'm curious - was I the only viewer wondering where all the people in the Matrix were while the battles were raging and the weather was going to hell. Geewiz, you'd think it'd be on the evening news or something.