An average movie

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.

6/10