The Matrix Reloaded

Starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss

            It’s like this: In 1999, “The Matrix” became a new science fiction cult hit that questioned the reality we live in and most audiences fell in love with the awesome special effects. The directors of the film, The Wachowski Brothers, were pressed to make two sequels that were just as good, or even better. So far, they’ve gone for better.

            “The Matrix Reloaded” has more power and energy than the first, but less talking and explaining. If you’ve seen the first, you get the gist of the plot. The second is all fun and games.

            If you haven’t seen the first “Matrix”, here’s a plot summary: The world we live in is fake, and the real world has almost been destroyed. This fake world is called “The Matrix,” and a group led by Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) is unplugging people from that fake reality to the real world – to save mankind and to free the mind. Morpheus thinks that the ‘one’ to do this is Neo (Keanu Reeves.)

            In “The Matrix Reloaded”, you get to actually spend a part of the film in Zion, the only ‘real’ human city left, which is in danger of being destroyed. Neo and his gang are taken back into the Matrix, this time to face danger such as the deadly Agent Smith, who here multiplies himself and has an entertaining battle with Neo in which the hundreds of Agent Smiths try to fight The One’s ultimate power.

            Many new characters are here, too. There is Captain Niobi (Jada-Pinkett Smith), The Twins (two albino-like creatures that can semi-teleport), Persephone (the wife of a man who has possession of a ‘Keymaker’, played by Monica Bellucci) and the Keymaker, who can lead Neo to the end of the Matrix. It also includes a romance between Neo and Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss), a fellow stopper of the Matrix.

            There are so many entertaining and mind-blowing scenes in this film that you might think the brains are gone. But that’s not how it is. The facts were for the first one; this one is to change the facts into effects, which are groundbreaking. This movie is so much fun, and you’re more likely to appreciate it if you’ve seen the first. In this film, not only does Neo know kung fu, but he knows how to fly through air as fast as Superman. Except this time you’re not watching some superhero in a cape. You’re watching a real human being fighting for the real world.

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