Every cliche rolled into 2 tedious hours

Rating: Null/10 (8 November 2003)

I might be too old (32) to see movies like this, but this was an utterly unbelievable movie to me. Perhaps I can't experience suspension of disbelief anymore. The dialog was entirely predictable in many parts as much of it was very cliche. Several times I thought perhaps John Travolta actually directed the movie because I could swear I was watching Battlefield Earth on at least 2 occasions.
This movie is a bit pretentious. It's of course illogical - for example, do the AI machines not realize how easy it is to build a bomb? Why can't anybody think to reload weapons before they get into the line of fire? Why would anybody build a mechanical assault power suit with no armor for the operator? Aren't there any targetting systems run by computer anywhere in Zion? What powers Zion? People? Natually, I can go on forever about these little snafus, but there is little point I realize in doing this. This is an action movie after all which means any sense of reality is forbidden. Why spend $100K on a (competent) technical consultant when you can use that money on 3 seconds of CGI footage? The last time that was done was for 2001 which is still watched today, despite it's incomprehensible plot.
If you can ignore the bad dialog, what seemed like soap opera quality acting, the gaping plot holes and the nit picks of a completely illogical and unbelievable plot, it's a wonderful movie. However, if you're like me, you'll be wondering why you didn't spend the $8 on something more entertaining like an energy saver fluorescent light bulb.