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Generally favorable reviews- based on 539 Ratings

  • Summary: Neo, Morpheus, Trinity, and the rest of their crew continue to battle the machines that have enslaved the human race in the Matrix.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 40
  2. Negative: 1 out of 40
  1. 91
    All you could hope for from a summer movie: dazzling action, jaw-dropping effects, cool clothes, steamy romance and more of the nifty "Matrix" mythology introduced in the 1999 original.
  2. Reviewed by: Clint Morris
    80
    Not unlike its predecessor -– might be hard to swallow, but it’s so delicious you just can’t help but want more. Not unlike one of those gobstoppers you can find in any candy store -- Hard to chew, nice to endure, if you will.
  3. Unlike "The Matrix," all fights and stunts -- including a 14-minute freeway chase -- have a disturbing tendency to repeat intricately choreographed action. Thus, computer technology and overkill supplant the ingenuity of the original film's action.
  4. Reviewed by: David Edelstein
    30
    As messy and flat-footed as its predecessor is nimble and shapely. It's an ugly, bloated, repetitive movie that builds to a punch line that should have come an hour earlier (at least).

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Score distribution:
  1. Negative: 73 out of 316
  1. This movie is outstanding. Its the perfect link between the first and second. It had a good amount of fight scenes and it teaches the viewer alot about the meaning behind the matrix and the plot. Unlike the last one, its about [spoiler] Neo just realising what he is doing in the matrix, which was clear from the start. To much time talking in metaphors and not enough actually fighting (except for the last bit) [END SPOILER]
    Whilst in the first one, it was average as you werent sure if it had a cliffhanger ending or not. It didnt answer enough questions to finish it off as a series, but it asked alot of questions which kept it going.
    Considering it was made in the late 90's and had roughly a 4 or 5 year gap between the 2.
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  2. A more action centric movie than the original, which in many ways pays off with some of the most memorable film scenes ever. However some of the character from the original was definitely lost and for the most part this doesn't matter it's still an amazing movie and a worthy sequel. The cliffhanger at the end is a b**** though. Expand
  3. UyiO.
    7
    A dense phiosophical action flick.
  4. HowardR.
    4
    What a load of clap trap. if you're the kind of person who gets off on special effects, then this will be right up your street. But if you're the kind of person who likes a good story line, with some logic and believability and less smack, bottle and balls then give this a miss. There is no comparison with the first picture, which was unique, cohesive, and almost believable. This picture suffered immeasurably by being caught up in it's own self indulgence. Give it a wide birth. Expand

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