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Critics Consensus: Though its heady themes are a departure from its predecessor, The Matrix Reloaded is a worthy sequel packed with popcorn-friendly thrills.
Critic Consensus: Though its heady themes are a departure from its predecessor, The Matrix Reloaded is a worthy sequel packed with popcorn-friendly thrills.
All Critics (244) | Top Critics (47) | Fresh (179) | Rotten (65) | DVD (21)
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.
The whole film may be more than a bit suspect cerebrally, with dime-store philosophy, potted mysticism and cut-price otherworldliness, but visually it gives full value as a virtuoso workout for your senses.
Indeed, if you loved the first Matrix and its mix of comic-book angst, martial arts, virtual reality, video-game punch-ups, pop philosophy, biblical subtext, romance, tragedy and pathos, then you won't be disappointed.
They don't come up with anything new, but it's bigger, louder, and mighty impressive, even if the dialogue sounds more and more like a preprogrammed video game.
Everything I wanted in a Matrix sequel
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.
A solid sequel that expands the scope of the resistance and the rules of its universe in a way much greater than before, although the result is too action-driven (with endless, tedious fight scenes full of CGI that go on forever) and even the religious references are a lot more obvious.
Super Reviewer
A standard matrix film with cool special effects.
Its not amazing but the action scenes are so cool!
Good, but not even close to being in the same league as the first film.
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