I am a leaf on the… WAAAALT!
As the groundbreaking 1999 film The Matrix drew to a close…
…Neo had jumped into Agent Smith's Body and exploded him, then flamebaited the human-harvesting robo-squid internets before he showed them he got root by rewriting his move type and flying away into the credits like Cyborg Superman (only, you know, not evil).
The Matrix: Reloaded picks up not long after the first movie left off, with the crew of the Nebucadnezzar: Keanu Reeves (A Scanner Darkly, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee) as Neo, Laurence Fishburne (Event Horizon, Fantastic Four 2) as Morpheus, Carrie-Anne Moss (Memento, Mass Effect 2) as Trinity, and Harold Perrineau (Lost, 30 Days of Night: Dark Days) as Link–on their continuing mission to free humans from The Matrix. Naturally they run into a few problems, perhaps the most memorable of which is that Agent Smith is now virally reproducing himself so he can now get his butt kicked by Neo by the thousands. Danger, wirework martial arts and bullet time are ubiquitous of course, making this a fitting sequel to the first movie, but with the addition of not only the Oracle, but the Architect, this movie challenges those of us to reach every corner of our vocabularies in between action sequences. Ergo, some of The Architect's dialogue you may understand, and some of it you may not. Concordantly, while your first reaction to the first Matrix sequel may be the most emotional, you may or may not realize it is also the most irrelevant, 'cause this merde grows on you like wiping with silk: it might be a little gross if you overanalyze it, or it could just be a decadent pleasure.
Extras:
Take the Blu pill and get The Matrix: Reloaded at its best. With 1080p resolution and Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound, you are in for yet another action packed treat. Other Extras seem to go on forever like the Big Brawl or the Freeway Chase Scene:
- In-Movie Experience – Your adventure continues as the cast and creative team guide you through a unique interactive infiltration of the filmmaking process.
- A written introduction by the Wachowski Brothers
- Philosophers' Commentary: Dr Cornel West and Ken Wilber
- Critics' Commentary: Todd McCarthy, John Powers and David Thomson
- Behind the Matrix Documentary Gallery (4 Featurettes)
- Enter The Matrix: The Game Documentary
- Enter THe Matrix: 23 Action Scenes shot for the video game
- Car Chase Documentary Gallery (9 Featurettes)
- Teahouse Fight Documentary Gallery (2 Featurettes)
- Unplugged Documentary Gallery (5 Featurettes)
- I'll handle them Documentary Gallery (4 Featurettes)
- The Exiles Documentary Gallery (2 Featurettes)
- P.O.D Sleeping Awake Music Video
- Theatrical Trailers and TV Spots
If you like big explosions, big fight scenes, big words, big rave scenes or big killer robots bent on using humanity as big batteries, you should really get The Matrix: Reloaded on Blu-ray. Forget what you heard people saying about how they didn't like the sequels and just watch it for what is: a thrilling action movie with some fun twists and more than a little bit of highbrow monologuing and buddhist philosophy thrown in for good measure as a little bit for your brain to chew on while your face gnaws popcorn with delight through the fights.
ComicsOnline gives The Matrix: Reloaded on Blu-ray 4 out of 5 Laurence Fishburne punches in the face of evil.
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