The Matrix parts 2 and 3
I had some time over the last few days and - since I was required to take it easy - we got the second and third installments of The Matrix. My wife refuses to see Keanu movies since his poor interview performance so it had to be when I was off work and she wasn’t.
These are the continuation of the Matrix - the scientific/geeky thriller about the future of the human race when we are merely the power supply for a massive computer network.
I was expecting more of the special effects from the original movie with fantastic fight scenes and bullet dodging Neo giving us a spectacular display of the inside world of computers and the artificial world created to keep the human race strapped into the power cables that drive the machine dominated world.
Instead we are given a mix of landscapes eerily similar to the Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, and even Dune. The balance of inside vs. outside the Matrix is nearly completely opposite of the original. Where Matrix strives to develop a story in the computer world Reloaded and Revolutions strive to pull the characters completely out of the Matrix - creating an incongruous and disengenuous interaction with the original.
Where Matrix tried to hide reality behind the computers, the sequels rip the lid off the entire charade where characters are programs and freely admit it. It’s too bad the can opener is so rough that it leaves the edges still sharp to poke at us. In the end, instead of being the science fiction thriller that I was looking for I am instead bludgeoned with a thinly veiled biblical story where Neo is crucified as the savior of the world right down to the unforgetable quote straight out of the bible, “It is done”.
Watch these at your own risk.
