The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
Average Rating: 6.8/10
Reviews Counted: 236
Fresh: 173 | Rotten: 63
A worthy sequel even if it is a little heady and less satifying than the first Matrix.
Average Rating: 6.4/10
Critic Reviews: 46
Fresh: 32 | Rotten: 14
A worthy sequel even if it is a little heady and less satifying than the first Matrix.
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Movie Info
After creating an international sensation with the visually dazzling and intellectually challenging sci-fi blockbuster The Matrix, the Wachowski brothers returned with the first of two projected sequels that pick up where the first film left off. Neo (Keanu Reeves) and Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) have been summoned by Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) to join him on a voyage to Zion, the last outpost of free human beings on Earth. Neo and Trinity's work together has been complicated by the fact the
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Cast
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Keanu Reeves
Neo -
Carrie-Anne Moss
Trinity -
Laurence Fishburne
Morpheus -
Hugo Weaving
Agent Smith -
Jada Pinkett Smith
Niobe -
Gloria Foster
The Oracle -
Harold Perrineau Jr.
Link -
Monica Bellucci
Persephone -
Harry J. Lennix
Commander Lock -
Lambert Wilson
Merovingian -
Randall Duk Kim
The Keymaker -
Nona Gaye
Zee -
Anthony Zerbe
Councillor Hamann -
Helmut Bakaitis
The Architect -
Neil Rayment
Twin #1 -
Adrian Rayment
Twin #2 -
Daniel Bernhardt
Agent Johnson -
Josephine Byrnes
Zion Virtual Control Op... -
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David Roberts
Roland -
David Franklin
Maitre D' -
Robyn Nevin
Councillor Dillard -
Nathaniel Lees
General Mifune -
Steve Bastoni
Captain Sorren -
Matt McColm
Agent Thompson -
Cornel West
Councillor West -
Essie Davis
Maggie -
Sing Ngai
Seraph -
Malcolm Kennard
Abel -
Lachy Hulme
Sparks -
Gina Torres
Cass Dozer's widow -
Rupert Reid
Lock's Lieutenant -
Ian Bliss
Bane -
Tahei Simpson
Binary -
David No
Cain -
Christine Mitchell
Power Station Guard -
Christine Anu
Kali -
Steve Morris
Computer Room Guard -
David A. Kilde
Agent Jackson -
Chris Kirby
Mauser -
John Walton
Security Bunker Guard -
Clayton Watson
The Kid -
Valerie Berry
Priestess -
Kelly Butler
Ice -
Damon White
dancer -
Donald Battee
Vector -
Peter Lamb
Colt -
Roy Jones Jr.
Captain Ballard -
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Che Timmins
Radio Man -
Nick Scoggin
"Gidim" Truck Driver -
Genevieve O'Reilly
Officer Wirtz -
Socratis Otto
Operator (Vigilant) -
Tory Mussett
Beautiful Woman at Le V... -
Rene Naufahu
Zion Gate Operator -
Andy Arness
Police #2 -
Alima Ashton-Sheibu
Girl (Link's Niece) -
Liliana Bogatko
Old Woman At Zion -
Michael Budd
Zion Controller -
Stoney Burke
Bike Carrier Driver -
Noris Campos
Woman With Groceries -
Paul Cotter
Corrupt -
Marlene Cummins
Another Old Woman At Zi... -
Attila Davidhazy
Young Thomas Anderson (... -
Terrell Dixon
Wurm -
Nash Edgerton
Security Guard #5 -
Austin Galuppo
Young Thomas Anderson (... -
Daryl Heath
A. P. U. Escort -
Tony Lynch
Computer Room Technicia... -
Joshua Mbakwe
Boy (Link's Nephew) -
Scott McLean
Security Bunker Guard #... -
Montaño Rain
Young Thomas Anderson (... -
Shane C. Rodrigo
Ajax -
Frankie Stevens
Tirant -
Nicandro Thomas
Young Thomas Anderson (... -
Andrew Valli
Police #1 -
Steve Vella
Malachi -
Tammy Cheney
dancer -
Michael E. Cole
dancer -
Brandon Freeman
dancer -
Yukie Fujimoto
dancer -
Jenifer Golden
dancer -
Chae Hill
dancer -
Maurya Kerr
dancer -
Silfredo Lao Vigo
dancer -
Monique Strauss
dancer -
Leigh Whannell
Axel -
Anthony Wong Chau-Sang
Ghost -
Ray Anthony
Power Station Guard -
Kevin Scott
18 Wheel Trucker -
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All Critics (239) | Top Critics (46) | Fresh (173) | Rotten (63) | DVD (54)
If you're 14 or younger in age or sensibility, you may giggle at some of the bons mots.
Worryingly, the longer this movie goes on, the harder it is to care.
I liked this movie and can recommend it with a clear critical conscience, but it never moved me even half as much as Steven Spielberg's A.I.
A sadder, wiser, more grown-up movie than its predecessor.
In the face of almost unbearable expectations, the Wachowski brothers deliver a sequel that soars to places only hinted at in the original.
You don't have to buy into the geeky mythmaking in The Matrix Reloaded in order to enjoy its kinetic pleasures.
Though introducing some new ideas and characters, Matrix Reloaded is not as exciting as the 1999 original, suffering from problems that often inflict middle chapters of trilogies.
Not one of the worst sequels that has ever been put in movie theaters, and not one of the most disappointing... but, is it ever a grind.
Electrifying but still violent 2nd in trilogy.
The encoded bloom is off the digital rose in The Matrix Reloaded. [Blu-ray]
Offers some phenomenal action sequences that more than deliver on the jaw-dropping promise shown on the trailers.
The Wachowskis manage to surprise and amaze with some stunning machine special effects and great scenes that truly dazzle the mind.
Between the money scenes, we get characters standing at attention and burping prophecies and deep thoughts at each other.
...less a narrative than an advertisement for a cultural wave. It's all about discount Zen and black clothes, the commodification of sterile violence as Kabuki.
As a movie, its pacing is off, its characters are thin and its plot is...well, questionable at best. But as a science-fiction phenomenon, it is art.
Now if I can just make it until November to see how those loose ends tie up...
The Matrix Reloaded -- not unlike its predecessor -- might be hard to swallow, but it's so delicious you just can't help but want more.
Tremendously bad.
Entertaining enough to make it worth the price of a movie ticket.
Trying to describe it is futile. Just go see it.
A solid followup to a truly genre-transcending film.
'What made the first film so satisfying -- the detailed creepiness of human enslavement by technology -- is barely touched on here.'
I can't wait to see what the Wachowski's have in store.
The philosophical riddling becomes too convoluted. The awe-inspiring fight scenes run too long, delivering few surprises and zero suspense. And the kung-fu/wire-fu confrontations become tedious.
Audience Reviews for The Matrix Reloaded
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- Merovingian: I have sampled every language, French is my favorite. Fantastic language, especially to curse with. Nom de dieu de putain de bordel de merde de saloperie de connard d?enculé de ta mère. Like wiping your ass with silk.
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- Merovingian: What is the reason? Soon the why and the reason are gone and all that matters is the feeling. This is the nature of the universe. We struggle against it, we fight to deny it; but it is of course a lie. Beneath our poised appearance we are completely out of control.
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- The Architect: Hope, it is the quintessential human delusion, simultaneously the source of your greatest strength, and your greatest weakness.
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- Agent Smith: Mr. Anderson! Surprised to me?
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- Morpheus: What if tomorrow the war could be over? Isn't that worth fighting for? Isn't that worth dying for?
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- The Keymaker: We do only what we're meant to do.
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