This movie gets off to a strong start with an engaging, rich-action, rich-plot set of inital scenes, and the return of Matt Damon (as Jason Bourne). We’re also treated to the return of an aging Julia Stiles (as Nicky Parsons) although she’s killed quite early, on top being treated to the additions of an aged Tommy Lee Jones (from Men In Black, acting here as Robert Dewey, CIA boss) and Alicia Vikander (star of Ex Machina 2014, joining us here as Heather Lee, CIA team leader – responsible for tracking down Bourne & Parsons).
Having said that, once the strong first 10 minutes are out of the way, the next 10 minutes are little more than messy irritating noise and moodfest. But this builds into a decent action scene around half an hour in.
In the end, with its mix of strong-ish bits and extended weak patches, with a strong-ish cast and decent genre, I’m going to rate this movie just Above Average.
15 minutes in and we’ve had nothing but boring political drama. No action, and not an action hero in sight – at least not a credible one we can remotely admire. This movie series has really turned to faeces since Matt Damon called it a day.
The drama is kind of watchable but one may lose patience with it.
By half an hour in there’s been a little action, but it’s only mild.
Fortunately the action does get a little interesting in the second half hour, but it soon goes back to its boring political drama show waffle.
The star of the show this time round, while not receiving much screen time early on, is Jeremy Renner who seems like some kind of dollarstore Daniel Craig and I’m no Daniel Craig fan! Renner plays the archer in the Marvel Avengers movies. He’s no action hero though – he’s literally the worst one in those movies by a country mile.
In the second hour it becomes clear where the motivation for this sub-standard movie came from: it’s pushing transhumanism via virology, thus killing two birds with one stone. Hats off to Matt Damon for wanting no part of it — that’s one better than Statham who totally shilled for virology in his cool Transporter trilogy.
Rachel Weisz plays the lead female and does a respectable job of it.
Although the action did pick up in the second half of the movie, it never reached the level of the first good action scene from shortly after half an hour in. The action is a bit dull and one dimensional, and of course led by a sub-par star, so in the end I’m going to settle on a So-So rating here.
Much like the previous movie in the series, this one has some cool bits and a lot of grit between times, with some very dark low-contrast scenes, a lot of flicking camerawork, and a lot of messy fussy suspense-style action-drama with irritating persistent musical effects. So it deserves a similar rating to the last one: just Below Average.
This is not a bad movie, it’s consistently entertaining, but the highs are never very high, so I can’t rate it any higher than slightly Above Average considering the many movies reviewed thus far and how they’ve been rated, including many classics rated Bang Average and just Above Average already.
If you enjoyed this movie and wish to see more, you’re in luck, since Bourne Identity is only the first of a 5-movie saga, including a trilogy starring Matt Damon (The Bourne Identity 2002; The Bourne Supremacy 2004; The Bourne Ultimatum 2007), then he skips the fourth (The Bourne Legacy 2012) since he felt the saga had run its course, but then he comes back for the fifth (Jason Bourne 2016). He looks very young in this first movie and is semi convincing in his role but still a bit green.
Franka Potente as the lead female kind of works — she has a Swiss vibe about her, perhaps with a touch of French. Her and The chemistry between her and Matt Damon kind of works and comes across on screen, but not in a big way.
This movie starts out at a decent pace, and reaches its peak shortly after half an hour in, as the young man who begains to gain his superpowers has a little play with his powers for the first time and feels quite invincible.
Alex Pettyfer takes the lead role here, as a young man coming into his superpowers as he goes through college trying to keep a low profile but also trying to live free. He does alright.
The legend that is Timothy Olyphant (star of Hitman) plays the lead character’s protector, posing as his father. It’s a bit of a drama style role — quite different to his role in Hitman — but he does quite well here still, showing he’s quite a well rounded actor really.
Dianna Agron blesses this movie as the lead female — she looks good and brightens up the movie quite well even if her actual acting skill is mediocre.
Kevin Durand (who plays the friendly beast called Joshua in Dark Angel alongside Jessica Alba) plays the main baddie in this movie — the Mogadorian Commander who’s hunting down the lead character. He’s alright in this role, but doesn’t wow.
After half an hour in, the movie descends into a bit of a slow drama fest, and it’s not until the second hour that the hero actually meets his enemies. Then the end battle is a bit inefficiently longwinded — it should have been condensed and made richer with cool features. If it continued to accellerate after half an hour in, and didn’t wear thin, it would have surely deserved a higher rating, but as it stands, I’m going to rate this movie Bang Average.
This is a childish and weird but fun, creative movie, put together quite well, and well led by Ryan Reynolds (from Deadpool) who plays an NPC character in a game, who calls himself Guy, who somehow gets a spark of free-thinking ability and self-awareness then learns how to do things the non-NPC way.
Lil Rey Howery does a good job playing Guy’s best friend.
Jodie Comer does a good job playing Guy’s girlfriend — the lead female.
As weird as it is, it actually works very well. I’m going to rate this movie Above Average which is an impressive score considering this is not my preferred genre, and so much of it represents a genre I normally loathe!
This is primarily a historical / sci-fi thriller movie, with good action, but it also verges on borderline horror, with zombies etc — similar to Blade in this regard; and like Blade, it just about qualifies for listing on this site due to its good action content and being not so unbearably horror.
The action and general production here is of a good standard, but the horror factor is a bit unpleasant to say the least. In a way it’s barely watchable, but I’m going to rate it Above Average in the end.
Tom, Annabelle, Sofia and Russell all deliver strong performances in this movie, as expected.
The Medallion 2003 is another lighthearted slapstick action movie from Jackie Chan. This one has a mildly curious plot twist in the middle, when Jackie Chan comes back from the dead. It benefits from comedian Lee Evans, and Claire Forlani (from Meet Joe Black), as Jackie Chan’s partners in policework. There’s a bit of sci-fi fantasy here with this one. I rate it Bang Average so far as action hero movies go, because the characters aren’t deep and the action is so lighthearted. On the plus side, it’s mildly entertaining throughout. A young Scott Adkins plays one of the baddies’ goons in a few fight scenes here.
This movie begins looking shockingly bad, as it follows a bunch of misfit would-be superheroes. But the story comes together eventually, and it actually becomes quite interesting, although there still continue to be extended patches of weird boring irritating dialogue.
It’s slightly off-genre in the direction of a parody, and anyone particularly fond of that genre will probably rate this movie much higher than I did; but for its balance of pros and cons, as an action hero movie, I rate this movie Below Average and am in no hurry to rewatch it, and that’s an understatement.
Just one year before the epic movie that was Edge Of Tomorrow, this movie sees Tom Cruise in his element, rebelliously flying planes and riding motorbikes, but not in the usual context. Oblivion is a dystopian lethal tech-controlled dictatorship world where what few humans remain on Earth are expected to follow a strict regime.
Although it’s a fairly simple movie in terms of having few characters – the closing credits list a cast of literally 7 characters long before getting into Stunt Coordinators then listing a bunch of background characters who we never get to know; and although it has a potentially over-memorable plot; it still does very well at sustaining attention even after having seen it several times before and recently enough such that many other movies would become unable to entertain again.
On the balance of pros and cons, I’m going to rate it Decent. It doesn’t have the excitement of Edge Of Tomorrow, and isn’t as slick as Hitman, so it’s neither Tom’s nor Olga‘s best movie for my taste, but it’s not terribly far off — it’s in good company.
Morgan Freeman plays a supporting role, as does Andrea Riseborough (as Tom’s partner, until he realises he’s been brainwashed) — they both do a pretty good job — not wowing, but appropriate.
Green Lantern is a Decent superhero movie from DC. Ryan Reynolds stars as the main man and this role kind of suits him — he comes across as rather easygoing and semi-vulnerable yet stubbornly courageous throughout.
If you’re looking for a mature, down-to-earth, old-school Van Damme style movie, this one isn’t for you. But if you’re open to this kind of comicbook genre, played by real actors to a decent standard, with semi-serious emotions and high quality modern visual effects, you might enjoy this one. Easily watchable every few years. Consistently entertaining enough, and powerful enough it its best moments, to rate it well above average — I think Decent is about the right rating here. Just be mindful it’s a weird genre that won’t always fit your mood.
This movie is mildly entertaining. It occasionally features some good acting, including from the lead character Percy Jackson played by Logan Lerman, and occasionally from others too, such as: Grover, Percy’s protective Satyr, played by Brandon T Jackson; and Zeus, chief diety, played by Sean Bean; and even Pierce Brosnan as Mr Brunner aka Chiron, Percy’s mentor centaur/minotaur type thing.
However, this movie is equally full of attempted sacrilege and shallow lackadaisical expressions, just as you’d expect from any bunch of spoilt & corrupted yet naive and skin-deep Hollywood teenagers trying to play dieties for kicks & giggles above all else.
So it’s got its pros & cons like most movies, and I rank it fairly average among action movies rated by this website.
Although it’s full of a mix of mild entertainment and awkward drama, there is eventually a really cool action scene, but it takes until 100 minutes to deliver it. In that moment, Percy proves he’s the real son of Poseidon by unleashing his power over water, to defeat his enemy, the actual lightning thief, Luke, son of Hermes. It only lasts a matter of seconds though – not even a minute – and for this reason, I can’t rate this movie any higher than Bang Average irrespective the potential and quality it displayed occasionally.
Sequel: Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters (2013)
This movie kicks off with a chunky dose of boredom, awkwardness and sacrilege – just as expected. It’s a bit weaker in storyline buildup than the last one, and the cyclops nymph who’s meant to be Percy’s half brother is not appealing to watch (and that’s an understatement). While there is some half decent action in this movie, and some unique plot characteristics, it’s generally a bit below the par set by the first in the series and for this reason it looks set for a decidedly Below Average rating.
This movie has an air of a kids’ TV drama series, with actors and acting standards to match. Unsurprisingly, Pierce Brosnan didn’t come back for this one – his character was a major figure again but played by someone else this time.
Although the teen drama series vibe never really lets up, the action and energy in the latter half of this movie kind of make up for its lack of substance early on, thus bringing the final rating close to average and similar to the original – probably slightly weaker, especially due to the poor start, but not by much, considering the well played back end.
Even while all the comments online are along the lines of “this is terrible compared to the original cartoon series” I personally thought this movie was Very Good (compared to what else is out there). I haven’t seen the original cartoons and have no interest in seeing them either. When I were a young child, maybe I’d have watched the cartoons if they were on TV, but as an adult now, I generally avoid animations – I need movies with real people in them, and this one fits that requirement. Having said that, this movie has a theme very similar to one of my favourite cartoons as a child – Captain Planet. Both have the idea of people who can use individual elemental powers, and a main hero capable of using all the elements together.
Sure, there’s plenty of missed opportunities here, for example, there could have been plenty of kung fu moves that better match the elements. And I’m not a fan of calling air manipulators “air benders” – that’s a bit queer. But flaws aside, this movie still has a lot going for it – especially its highs – especially near the end.
There’s a strong awakening theme with this movie, as the Avatar realises his true potential and his duty to bring harmony between the clans and restore peace in the world.
Noah Ringer stars as Aang, the Avatar – the one person in the world capable of manipulating all four elements.
If you enjoyed this movie, you may also like to watch the Netflix series by the same name – again, it’s not an animation, but it’s still quite juvenile, yet still quite entertaining.
This movie is a bit depressing to begin with. In the first half an hour, Liam Neeson‘s character, Dr Martin Harris, gets ruined by a car accident that all coincides with an elaborate scheme to steal his identity that even his wife plays along with, and this situation somehow manages to gaslight him into admitting that he’s not really who he says & knows he is, after only a few minutes of argument – or so it seems, until we see it was just an excuse to avoid arrest. But then by 35 minutes in, he seems truly gaslighted – even calling himself insane and asking a doctor for help, who only gaslights him further and drugs him up, which is sad to see but is an accurate reflection of how such a person is likely to be dealt with by such an other person in the real world.
Some folks might think this movie were commissioned to scare people into getting maximum IDs & verifications, in theory for their own protection, but in fact making them most easily scrutinised & controlled. The caving in to gaslighting, and the medical preprogramming, probably appeal to the same sponsors too; as does the GMO promotion at the very end, which I would say is quantity-minded and quality-ignorant on top of short-sighted – but that’s just a bluff – these folks know what they’re doing and it’s quite nefarious.
Fortunately, the real action picks up by 40 minutes in – if it didn’t get going soon, this movie wouldn’t appeal much to action movie fans like those who enjoyed Neeson’s performance in Taken (2008). Bearing in mind this movie was made prior to Taken 2 (2012).
In the end, Unknown (2011) paints a powerful but depressing story. It has some good acting, some good action and some good plot substance, but is still a bit thin on all these fronts, and it’s a bit heavy on dispiriting drama and the BS pushing, so for conscious connoisseurs of slick action hero movies, I have to rate this one Below Average at best. About equal to Taken 2 which was released just 1 year after this one and was pushing a similar amount of BS but of a different sort.
Diane Kruger does a decent job in the main supporting role here – as a woman called Gina who drove the taxi that crashed, then saved Dr Harris’s life, then when he found her again, she helped him some more, and they became quite close. She’s not a bad actress here – she helped make the movie what it is. Several other decent actors contributed too, but didn’t get so much screen time.
There’s an interesting plot twist half an hour before the end, which explains where Dr Harris’s combat skills come from, but it’s not until the final few minutes of the movie when he gets more of his memory back, that he really becomes an omnipotent fighting machine reminiscent of Liam Neeson’s performance in Taken.
This movie gets off to a dark, gritty start that’s quite hard to watch; but this may be a necessary evil to build up towards what happens later in the movie. It’s definitely focused more on the gritty side, than the coolness, compared to the original, but it makes use of modern sound and visual effects for a deeper impact than the original movie from 1995 which was very cool but lacked seriousness, depth & grounding. This movie has a generally higher quality of production than the original, even if a less cool plot, and it has a higher quality of acting generally, even if the characters are less funky. Overall there’s a much more serious tone this time round, but that doesn’t mean it lacks cool effects, it’s just very careful and conservative with their use, and makes a real statement any time the special effects come out.
Throughout the first half hour this movie’s plot develops nicely – it gets increasingly intriguing and you end up kind of hooked. By 25 minutes in, things have become quite clear – we can see who the star of the show is, and some of the other main characters, and what general direction the movie is taking.
45 mins in, things get a bit dark & depressing again. The dark patches continue to be mixed in with uplifting elements for a good half an hour until everyone fights and the lead character’s powers come out for the first time, which is closely followed by the same thing happening to his comrade Jax, then things start to get quite exciting again. The lead character in this movie is not Liu kang this time, although he is a major supporting character here. The lead character this time round is Cole Young (played quite well by Lewis Tan) – a descendant of Scorpion whose entire bloodline was thought to be killed by Sub-Zero but one baby remained, looked after by Raiden, then Scorpion came back from the dead to help his descendant defeat Sub-Zero in the 90th minute, helping to create an epic final battle.
The cast is comprised of a mix between strong, weak and mediocre actors. Strong actors here, aside from Lewis Tan in the lead role, include Joe Taslim playing Sub-Zero very well, and Hiroyuki Sanada playing Scorpion quite well too. Josh Lawson also does a decent job as Kano, and Mehcad Brooks is not bad in the role of Jax.
Raiden (leader of the good guys), Shang Tsung (leader of the bad guys), Liu Kang (good guy) and Sonya Blade (good girl) are all key characters here too, but their respective actors didn’t impress me. Random stuntmen could have probably done their jobs just as good if not better.
Considering its strengths and highs, I’m going to rate this movie generously, scoring it Pretty Good, which puts it a couple of levels above the original – a serious accomplishment. Now imagine if the four key characters listed above had much stronger actors playing those roles – I’d have to rate it even better, and it would be pretty close to the level of the best action movies ever made.
Captain Marvel is an OK modern Marvel movie. It’s not very well made, but it’s not very poorly made either.
It’s got subtle and not-so-subtle undertones of a girls’ girl theme, but this doesn’t massively detract from the core plot or action scenes so it’s tolerable for those whose cup of tea it is not.
The action ranges from so-so to pretty good, and although its best scenes have most of the constituents of an awesome experience, they falls short of what the best Marvel movies have managed to achieve (both in action and in drama). The best action scenes, while still pretty good, are a bit limp and end up being a bit of a sissy version of what they could be.
The plot is fairly enjoyable when you’ve not seen it in a few years.
Brie Larson plays the main character, Captain Marvel, born as Carol Danvers and renamed Vers by her kidnappers who may have also wiped her memory. Her acting is alright but nothing special.
Samuel L Jackson plays the next main role, as Nick Fury, a senior agent of SHIELD and as Earth’s main liaison for Captain Marvel – initially trying to arrest her, then eventually helping her when he realises his own agency has been hijacked by the alien race who he initially thought were the enemy but eventually discovered were the good guys. Samuel does a good job and kind of saves the show from what would otherwise be little more than a poorly made, uncoordinated in drama interspliced with mediocre action, only a few scenes of which are sort of good.
Lashana Lynch plays Maria Rambeau, the tomboy-type forgotten ‘best friend’ (and maybe more) of Carol Danvers aka Captain Marvel. Her acting doesn’t impress me.
Ben Mendelsohn plays Talos (the shapeshifting alien) and Keller (the agent who Talos impersonates, who is Nick Fury’s boss). He does a so-so job.
Jude Law plays the main antagonist in the second half of the movie, who initially appears to be a good friend of Vers – her senior comrade, supervisor and training partner (and secretly the guy who originally kidnapped her, before her memory were wiped). Jude does a decent job here, and significantly helps to make this is kind of respectable movie.
The main antagonist at the very end, who Jude Law’s character answers to, is Ronan (played by Lee Pace although you can’t really tell who it is behind the CGI, mask, outfit, makeup, etc). Ronan was the guy who served under Thanos in Guardians Of The Galaxy (2014) before going rogue when he acquired an infinity stone and became the most powerful man in the universe and the main antagonist of that movie, until the Guardians took the stone back. He’s a cool character and wields hammer a bit like Thor.
Djimon Hounsou and Gemma Chan play members of Jude Law’s team – initially comrades of Vers (Captain Marvel). They add value. They’re at least as good as Brie Larson.
Annette Bening with weird contact lenses plays the AI character who helps to deceive & control Vers – modelled on Carol’s forgotten friend, a renegade pilot who developed the technology that gave Captain Marvel her superpowers when it crashed (shot down by Jude Law’s character, who also killed Bening’s character, kidnapped Carol and wiped her mind).
Clark Greg plays Agent Phil Coulson from SHIELD, working under Nick Fury. He’s a good character but only has a very minor role here – I’d be pleased to see him in a bigger role.
The last Universal Soldier movie had shades of B movie quality, but this one takes it to another level. It’s got really bad POV camerawork for a start – not a million miles from Scott Adkin’s barely-watchable zero-budget movie One More Shot.
While the last movie never caught fire but dwindled in an area that made us think it could be about to catch fire; this movie doesn’t even hit that spot – the whole thing is flat from start to finish, making it a chore to watch, and that’s saying something coming from someone who is such a fan of this genre that I made a website dedicated to it.
Some of the action scenes are so mixed up with CGI they look cartoony.
Some of the concepts are pretty cool, kind of like waking someone up in The Matrix, but when white noise is the favoured sound effect and flashing light is the favoured visual effect, it couldn’t have been executed much worse if they tried.
It gets a bit gruesome too, when explicitly chopping off bodyparts with an axe.
It gets slightly interesting around half way through, as Scott Adkins’ character starts digging into his past, trying to remember who he was, what he did, and who his family’s murderer is. But it’s still very cold and disjointed – I can’t rate it any higher than barely Watchable. It was really a chore to watch this far – I only did it for the benefit of this review. Scott Adkins’ first serious fight scene, a little over an hour into this movie – after the car chase – started off boring, but it soon got tasty when it became apparent that Adkins’s character is a far superior fighter to the most modern UNISOL – the main antagonist – from the previous movie, played by Andrei Arlovski. Does this mean Adkins is in fact the best of all the UNISOLs? Is he capable of beating the whole crew including Van Damme? Now it’s getting slightly interesting – just a shame we’re already an hour in and have had to endure a barely watchable movie up until this point. The back end of the movie is more comfortably Watchable, pushing on So-So, but still quite cold & gloomy.
Scott Adkins is the main character in this movie. He’s the main protagonist. After him, Jean-Claude Van Damme appears to be the main antagonist, for most of the movie, although he may actually be a good guy. He doesn’t get much screen time, but is still one of the main characters after Adkins. Andrei Arlovski also gets a fair amount of screen time as the main active handyman working for Van Damme. Dolph Lundgren also makes a few appearances – he appears to be second in command of the guys working in Van Damme’s crew of freed UNISOLs. You may have also noticed Roy Jones Jr – possibly the greatest boxer of all time (in the TV era, under Queensberry rules) – having a scrap with Andrei Arlovski in the UNISOL mess hall. After getting beaten up by Arlovski, then pummelled by the whole crew, Van Damme steps in and shoots him dead. Honestly, I thought I saw him, but then I thought that’s not possible – then I saw the rolling credits at the end and yes, it really was him. That’s probably the coolest thing about this movie.
In summary, I’m going to rate this movie Watchable, owing to its So-So second half. I’m being a bit generous with the rating here, because the first half is probably best described as Unwatchable, so it seems a bit unfair to the other movies rated Watchable which are a bit better than this one, and the other movies rated Unwatchable which are really no worse than this one, if focusing on the first hour. The second half is really its saving grace, and is my only excuse for rating this movie Watchable.
This is the fourth instalment of The Matrix, which waited 18 years since the trilogy came out in 2003, so understandably some of the old characters are missing or replaced (Morpheus is no longer played by Laurence Fishburne, and Agent Smith has changed face) and those actors who returned are much older now – Neo (Keanu Reeves) and Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) are now both in their mid 50s, pushing near 60, which makes their romance a bit less glamorous to say the least. Still, Keanu and Carrie-Anne did alright, and Jessica Henwick (of Marvel’s Iron Fist) makes a very refreshing addition to the cast – she’s probably the best thing about this movie. There’s even a small role for Priyanka Chopra – she did alright too.
Jada Pinkett’s role as the elderly leader of the new city was not so fun – her face was covered in a disgusting looking mask to age her, and her attitude was grossly callous with a false sense of nobility.
The writers seem to have got carried away with psychology this time, and the fight scenes are less succinct here. Replays from previous movies are abundant. Neo can’t fly anymore but is throwing chi balls like there’s no tomorrow. There’s also a strong zombie horde theme, like so many movies released around the same year (representing the rumoured side-effects (or primary intended effects) of something people started adding to their bloodstream since late 2020 / early 2021).
All in all, The Matrix (IV) Resurrections deserves a 7/10 for my taste, since it’s fairly watchable and mildly entertaining. This movie is several levels below the original. Still, there is a fair amount of the good stuff that you’d expect from any Matrix movie. Best viewed soon after seeing the original movie, or after watching the entire trilogy that precedes it.
This quality of movie simply cannot exist without high budget, great lead actors and a lot of love & dedication by the writers, producers and some supporting cast.
The Matrix is an action-packed, convincing sci-fi thriller with a significant element of martial arts although not performed by martial artists – it’s all about the acting, stunts and special effects here. From instant (computer-assisted) learning of kung fu and other martial arts which are exhibited with great camerawork, to the eccentric use of guns and stunts – this movie is a great example of what can happen when people make a real effort and don’t cut corners in producing a movie that was cutting edge for its time.
A cool plot involving hacking and conspiracies make this sci-fi both believable and doubly entertaining. This is a classic performance by Keanu Reeves, who has made many great action movies, including several John Wick movies more recently, but The Matrix saga stands out as something extra special to Keanu and to his fans who constantly remind him of it. It has transcended the movie industry, especially in recent years where conspiracies abound.
Due to the overall quality of acting and production, I give this movie a 9.5/10 – to get a perfect 10 it would probably need a more genuine representation of great martial arts training exercises, and it would need a deeper, broader or generally more significant base of philosophical teaching behind the movie. These are of course both areas this movie has significantly worked on, I just think it’s still lacking something in these departments.
Still, it’s an excellent movie as it is, from start to finish, and the only real disappointment is how its inevitable sequels don’t manage to maintain the standard set by the original although they are still well worth watching sequentially, but sometimes you might still want to enjoy the original by itself.
It’s not so easy to rewatch every year like Bloodsport is, but what it lacks in sustained comfortable vibe, it makes up for in frequently cutting-edge features. The Matrix has more of an intermittently chilling vibe – it’s not the same genre as Bloodsport and doesn’t try to be – they are both masterpieces in their own niche genres. Like apples & pears, they can’t easily be compared. When asked what’s my favourite movie, I tend to say Bloodsport for simplicity and to avoid pushing something that I have mixed feelings about, but in an objective transparent assessment I can not say it’s definitely any better than The Matrix – I rate them both about equally and can not choose a clear favourite between them.
The Matrix is packed with action in all its forms, with a few drama-ish scenes between. It includes a bit of fighting, a bit of running, a lot of shooting, and there’s a strange kind of war going on. The plot is almost confusing, but it kind of works and has become a massive cult classic. The cast includes several strong performances and a few less strong.
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