The Matrix Reloaded Reviews

Matrix reloaded intenta tocar más temas filosóficos que la primer película de Matrix, con la pequeña gran diferencia de que al menos Matrix presentaba sus temas a través de la construcción de su trama y en ningún momento daba un discurso eterno sobre lo que se supone que el espectador saque de la película. En Matrix reloaded todo se tira a la cara, no hay un solo mensaje sutil y la película atiborra al espectador con discursos a la Sense8, aunque al menos aquí no hay propaganda ideológica y son mensajes filosóficos de carácter más reflexivo.
Pero dejando las comparaciones con Sense8, de verdad que esta película es un somnífero. Escenas lentas en donde no sucede absolutamente nada y diálogos prolongados de temas tirados a la cara por personajes cero-dimensionales con cero motivaciones interesantes que luchan contra villanos cero-dimensionales con cero motivaciones interesantes mientras se ven pocas escenas de acción y las escenas de acción que hay tienen efectos especiales que se ven muy anticuados para el día de hoy. Eso es toda la película, literalmente. De los mayores somníferos que he visto en películas. Al menos las disertaciones filosóficas son buenas y están bien estudiadas. Y al menos son disertaciones filosóficas en primer lugar, no Sense8...

I remember it very well when this movie was released. Indeed, since 'The Matrix' had quickly became a modern classic and simply one of the most influential movies released in the 90's, the expectations for this first sequel were huge but even though it was still a box-office hit, it turned out to be a critical flop, the first one of a very long streak of failures for the Wachowski siblings. Was I really surprised by the end-result? To be honest, not really. I mean, sure, visually speaking, 'The Matrix' was really impressive and an absolute milestone in this area but, story-wise, half of it didn't make much sense or simply really bored me which was a shame because the original set-up was just fascinating. Well, this sequel pretty much gave me the same feeling : it was really pretty to look at, there were some impressive action scenes (The highway scene must be one of the best chases I have ever seen) but the story was rather silly. In my opinion, the fact that the whole story and mythology started to fall down here shows that the first movie was never really great in the first place but that's a personal theory. At least, Monica Bellucci looked stunning but, of course, her character was really poorly developed, and it's a such a shame she never had a bigger career in the US pretty much because of these underwhelming sequels. Anyway, all in all, even though it was nothing great, I don't think it was so bad either and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

There are some films which deserve a sequel, and there are those which do not; 500 Days of Summer does, Iron Man doesn't. RDJ has played the Tony Stark / Mr. Obnoxiously Cool Guy card one too many times. Same case with The Matrix. Of course, it is one of the coolest trilogies out there, but a complete opposite of the Dollars Trilogy. While the Man With No Name got cooler and cooler each progressing film, Neo went sillier and sillier. Now what makes the first film so great, so important in its genre? Because of its utter isolation. The first film has a foreboding, doomed atmosphere, a dark and unpredictable layer covering it. It is as colourful as Charlie Chaplin's clothes. The sequel - of course, they had to expand the story; nobody understood the first film even after repeated viewings - has a comical, laid-back atmosphere that, to me, totally ruined the complete understanding and logic behind the universe of The Matrix. Indeed, it is clever in the quotes department - "Do we control the machines, or do they control us?" - but like I said they quickly dissolve into silliness that does little to no justice to the first part - "I just love you too damn much!" Seriously, they went from that to this?

Even though this comixed sequel is action-heavy, its dialogues and conversations provide critical understanding to the complexity - and in some cases, simplicity - of what's real and what's not and all the little gaps in-between. I absolutely loved the Neo and The Architect conversation sequence. Biblical references aside, the scene was greatly executed, with brilliant focus on the two characters. To me it's the best non-action part of the series.

Performance-wise, the three leads - Laurence Fishburne, Keanu Reeves & Carrie-Anne Moss - once again prove to us why they were chosen to play their respective characters in the first place. Once again they were all great, with the former being more badass than he was in the first film. Despite the fact that there were literally hundreds of him running around, I still believe Hugo Weaving received very low screen-time. But the fact that he returned once again to play the iconic villain is more than enough. Jada-Pinkett Smith was an absolute dish in her painfully small role as Captain Niobe. Not much of a performance, but a great presence. The rest of the cast were just OK, nothing too great or memorable, although Monica Bellucci did provide a juicy presence. Ever the sexy eye candy, her seductiveness was positive for once. Helmut Bakaitis, once I found out that his robotic acting was actually supposed to be like that, won me over in his role as The Architect. Overall the best from the film. The line delivery was almost pitch-perfect, or at least to me it was!

In conclusion, The Matrix: Reloaded is positively mind-blowing in the action sequences (the Burly Brawl? Classic!) but is just too silly and comical to be taken seriously... Watch it if you must, but I suggest stop at the first!

7.0/10

After many years I rewatched this movie... And you can't imagine how much I laughed! Oh, this is so bad.
I mean, the first Matrix movie at least has good special effects and an interesting story. In this one (and in the third too) they decided to use more special effects and forget about the story. The fight scene and the car chase touch the border of ridiculous and I really laughed out loud.
The ending was so silly and a bit insulting to my intelligence (Neo have superpowers outside the matrix too). The architech is an annoying character who says "ergo" every 30 seconds so you think he is really smart.
Basicly, forget about the existence of these movie and Revolutions and watch "The Matrix" one or two times.

For a sequal that got so much hate, I liked this movie. Well you could say I am turning into a Matrix geek. I've seen the first about 3 times and finally got around to seeing this, I will say the beiging of the film was very draggy and boring, but it really picked up in suspense and action. The fight scenes are better than the first one, but I wished it was weirder than the first but all in all I liked it, and now I must watch the 3rd one since there is a cliff hanger at the end.

It seems like the Wachowski brothers, after being pressured to turn the masterpiece 'The Matrix' into a trilogy, got a bunch of stoned dropouts to write up the script ideas for them. Wow, what a let down.

To sum it up, its just some stupid crap about Neo being superman flying around, fighting off a thousand mr. smiths in a pathetic obvious CG-whore-fest, jumping around on bikes and trucks, lots of explosions, some drivel about a 'keymaster', some drivel about the oracle, some drivel about love between neo and trinity, and some fighting in some weird nightclub. that's all i remember. plot? who needs that when making a sequel to a blockbuster film.

The only good thing about this movie is that it isn't Matrix Revolutions.