An average movie

I already saw this movie, I have even seen it in the movie theater when it was released, but, since I have it on DVD, I thought I might as well check it out again. I actually remember it very well when this movie was released. Indeed, since 'The Matrix' had quickly became a modern classic and even one of the most influential movies released in the 90's, the expectations for this first sequel were huge but even though it was 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. Well, while I was re-watching it again, I was amazed by how I struggled to make head or tail of this story. Seriously, what a bunch of pretentious pseudo-philosophical concepts… The funny thing is that I saw it a couple of times by now but it is still some massive gibberish. The fact that I was never a fan of 'The Matrix' obviously didn’t help. Sure, this classic was visually 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 either bonkers or just plain 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. At least, Monica Bellucci looked stunning but her character was really poorly developed, and it's a such a shame she never had a bigger career in the US probably because of these underwhelming sequels. Anyway, all in all, even though it was nothing great, I don't think it was so bad though and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

6/10