The Matrix Reloaded

The Wachowski brothers are back with the sequel to their hugely successful "The Matrix", which in exceedingly cool fashion combined the science fiction film with top-class action and martial arts sequences and a pseudo-religious dimension.

No expense has been spared on effects in The Matrix Reloaded either, which at times resembles a computer game more than an actual feature film. If you have not seen "The Matrix", the plot will no doubt seem more or less incomprehensible, for the film spends no time introducing or recapping its universe. The impressive fight scenes, on the other hand, have been given plenty of room, but the Wachowski brothers overdo both their number and their length, so in the long run they become tiresome, and moreover it is several times a little too obvious that this is computer graphics.

In The Matrix Reloaded the underground city of Zion is under threat as the Matrix launches an attack to wipe out the city, which houses the only free humans. Is Neo the city's saviour, as the prophecy foretold? Together with his beloved Trinity and Morpheus, Neo ventures into the false computer-generated world to save Zion, but at the same time they expose themselves to great danger.

You certainly get your money's worth with The Matrix Reloaded, but like most sequels it ends somewhat unresolved, with many unanswered questions and half an ending. I am looking forward to the final part of the trilogy.