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The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
Rate:
3
Viewed:
8/04, 11/25
11/25:
The Matrix Reloaded sounds right.
When there's a fight, it's repeated many times. There must have been at least fifty. Ditto for
the special effects. In fact, the entire movie is so overladen with them that the story is pretty much
nil. The longer the nonsense goes on like the pointless orgy dance, the less I understand the purpose.
Sometimes, I'm reminded of The Terminator.
Who cares about Trinity? She and Neo have no chemistry. As I recall, the Architect said, "There are two doors.
The door to your right leads to the source and the salvation of Zion. The door to your left leads back to the
Matrix, to her, and the end of your species." Neo chooses to save her. So...that should've ended the human
race right away, but why didn't it happen?
Neo has more skills than before and gets to be Superman. Already, I'm bored. I hate the secondary characters;
they are so cheap. Jada Pinkett Smith, Lambert Wilson, Monica Bellucci, and Harold Perrineau get on my nerves
the most. Even worse is the pretentious fortune cookie talk. On the other hand, Keanu Reeves and Laurence
Fishburne are fine.
All in all, The Matrix Reloaded is simply special effects galore.