The Matrix Reloaded Details

2003

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Starring	Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving
Director	The Wachowski Brothers
Genres	Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy

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The Matrix Reloaded

Neo (Keanu Reeves), Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss), and Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) continue their battle against the machines in THE MATRIX RELOADED, the second chapter of Larry and Andy Wachowski's MATRIX trilogy. As RELOADED begins, Neo, Trinity, and Morpheus arrive in Zion with new crew member Link (Harold Perrineau), and discover that 250,000 dreaded sentinels are close to launching a massive attack on the underground haven for the liberated minds of humanity. When Neo seeks advice from the prophetic Oracle (the late Gloria Foster), their meeting leads to a sorely outnumbered fight with Neo's old nemesis, Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving). While the sentinels advance on Zion, various battles within the Matrix continue to escalate, culminating in an extended highway chase sequence involving Morpheus, Trinity, more imposing agents, and two new adversaries--the relentless white-clad Twins (Adrian and Neil Rayment).
With RELOADED, the Wachowski brothers delve deeper into both the realm of the Matrix and the apocalyptic, machine-controlled future reality. Initially giving ample attention to both the romance between Neo and Trinity and to the vast underground city of Zion, the film eventually delivers one stunning set piece after another, with the amazing martial arts sequences and jaw-dropping effects of the first MATRIX elevated to even more astounding heights. In addition to the returning cast of Reeves, Moss, Fishburne, Weaving, and Foster, Perrineau and Jada Pinkett Smith make for welcome new additions, and Monica Bellucci offers up an unforgettably sensual appearance. Larger than the original scale on every level, THE MATRIX RELOADED is a thoroughly entertaining sequel that will leave viewers eager for the trilogy's conclusion, THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS.

Starring	Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Jada Pinkett Smith, Monica Bellucci
Director	The Wachowski Brothers
Studio	WARNER HOME VIDEO
Run time	DVD: 2 hrs 18 mins
Certificate
Genres	Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Language	English
Released	DVD: 10 Oct 2003 Production year: 2003
Format	DVD

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Critics' reviews (3) of The Matrix Reloaded
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Creating a sequel to the superlative sci-fi action blockbuster The Matrix was always going to be a Herculean task. The Wachowski brothers set themselves such a high standard to compete with, that the second chapter in their epic man-versus-machines trilogy was never likely to match the impact of the first. To their credit, the duo do succeed in equalling the original's awe factor here, adding a handful of fantastic — though underused — new villains and delivering an array of astonishing set pieces, as Neo (Keanu Reeves) and his associates fight to save Zion, Earth's last human enclave. Disappointingly, however, such elements fail to lift a film that suffers from stilted dialogue, cheesy scripting and a surprisingly plodding pace. Had the Wachowskis centred their storyline within the “anything's possible” world of the Matrix, as opposed to the drab and inactive confines of “reality”, they would have struck gold again. Instead, they produced a mediocre stopgap until the final instalment, The Matrix Revolutions.
- Radio Times
- Posted 29 Jan 2006
Now that our hero Neo can fly like Superman, this second instalment comes closer to other comic-book blockbusters: its set pieces may be bigger and better than anything done before, but they still remain action movie staples Ð car chases and fights on mov
- Halliwell's Film Guide
- Posted 02 Mar 2006
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23 out of 33 people found this review helpful

Great effects, dodgy plot

The original Matrix had great effects and the plot developed the central idea throughout the film.

In this one, the central idea is still there, doesn't get developed at all, so most of the originality is missing. Instead the plot centres around a load of mystic nonsense, simply proving a platform for a load of stunning effects.
- - A customer from my front room
  - Posted 27 Oct 2003 07:52
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3 out of 4 people found this review helpful

The law of diminishing returns

Like a lot of sequels this doesn't really come close to the originality, wit and excitement of the first film. The problem is that the Wachowski's have taken the weakest aspects of the original and expanded them while forgetting about the intelligence and humour that made it work in the first place. So we get more portentuous dialogue and increasingly drawn out fight scenes, and many of the same camera shots repeated ad infinitum. It makes for fewer thrills rather than more.

Also, this simply doesn't work as a stand alone film, so viewers not clued up (there may be someone out there) won't have a clue what's going on, and this ends with a 'To Be Concluded' message, hardly making for a satsfying viewing experience.
- - Melon from East Sussex
  - Posted 29 Jun 2004 09:52
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