Average Rating: 6.8/10
Reviews Counted: 234
Fresh: 172 | Rotten: 62
A worthy sequel even if it is a little heady and less satifying than the first Matrix.
Average Rating: 6.5/10
Critic Reviews: 43
Fresh: 31 | Rotten: 12
A worthy sequel even if it is a little heady and less satifying than the first Matrix.
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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
May 7, 2003 Wide
Oct 14, 2003
$281.5M
Warner Bros. Pictures
All Critics (236) | Top Critics (43) | Fresh (178) | Rotten (65) | DVD (53)
If you're 14 or younger in age or sensibility, you may giggle at some of the bons mots.
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.
Early in the movie, Morpheus warns a new character that he's got to have faith. All things considered, The Matrix Reloaded justifies that faith.
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 Wachowski brothers manage to surprise and amaze with some stunning machine special effects and great scenes that truly dazzle the mind.
...well made and entertaining even if it tends to become more than a little static along the way with all its similarly constructed battle scenes. (Blu-ray Edition)
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.
Worryingly, the longer this movie goes on, the harder it is to care.
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.
Now if I can just make it until November to see how those loose ends tie up...
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.
Good, but not even close to being in the same league as the first film.
August 13, 2010Super Reviewer
The Matrix Reloaded is an above satisfactory sequel to one of the best science fiction films of all time. Although it is a bit more hard to follow it is still great entertainment and dynamite for people who want to find out what happens next.
November 1, 2011
Super Reviewer
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