FREE YOUR MIND.
As Neo’s (Keanu Reeves) powers are growing stronger, the humans must find the Keymaker who could lead them to the machines’ mainframe.
There are moments in this costly sequel to The Matrix (1999) when you begin to wonder if we’re watching a movie or something close to a video game. But the non-stop action sequences do indeed have astonishing visual effects, with the freeway chase as the pièce de résistance. New characters making welcome contributions include the ghost twins, and once again Hugo Weaving is outstanding as the now multiplying, renegade Agent Smith.
If only the directors could have a lighter touch here and there…
2003-U.S. 138 min. Color. Widescreen. Written and directed by The Wachowskis. Cinematography: Bill Pope. Visual Effects: John Gaeta, Lynne Cartwright, Jim Berney, Stephane Cerretti. Cast: Keanu Reeves (Thomas Anderson/Neo), Laurence Fishburne (Morpheus), Carrie-Anne Moss (Trinity), Hugo Weaving, Jada Pinkett Smith, Gloria Foster, Monica Bellucci, Leigh Whannell.
Trivia: Co-executive produced by the Wachowskis. Foster, who plays the Oracle, died before shooting any scenes for the third part of the series, The Matrix Revolutions (2003). Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh were considered for roles.
Last word: “Some of the things I had to do were a little more advanced such as some of the multi-fighting and the weapons. I just did it through basically practice and learning. Because of the experience of the first one I had some body memory. I knew what I was going into and so I could pick up the choreography quicker and I knew where I was in wirework.” (Reeves, IOFilm)