The Matrix Reloaded Movie

The Matrix Reloaded
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Run Time: 138 min
MPAA Rating: R
Released: 2003
Directors: Andy Wachowski
Larry Wachowski
Genre/Type: Science Fiction
Sci-Fi Action
Producers: Joel Silver
Plot Synopsis by Mark Deming
After creating an international sensation with the visually dazzling and intellectually challenging sci-fi blockbuster The Matrix, the Wachowski brothers returned with the first of two projected sequels that pick up where the first film left off. Neo (Keanu Reeves) and Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) have been summoned by Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) to join him on a voyage to Zion, the last outpost of free human beings on Earth. Neo and Trinity's work together has been complicated by the fact the two are involved in a serious romantic relationship. Upon their arrival in Zion, Morpheus locks horns with rival Commander Lock (Harry J. Lennix) and encounters his old flame Niobe (Jada Pinkett Smith). Meanwhile, Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving) has returned with some surprises for Neo, most notably the ability to replicate himself as many times as he pleases. Neo makes his way to The Oracle (Gloria Foster), who informs him that if he wishes to save humankind, he must unlock "The Source," which means having to release The Key Maker (Randall Duk Kim) from the clutches of Merovingian (Lambert Wilson). While Merovingian refuses to cooperate, his wife, Persephone (Monica Bellucci), angry at her husband's dalliances with other women, offers to help, but only in exchange for a taste of Neo's affections. With The Keymaker in tow, Neo, Trinity, and Morpheus are chased by Merovingian's henchmen: a pair of deadly albino twins (Neil Rayment and Adrian Rayment). Filmed primarily in Australia and California (the extended chase scene was shot on a stretch of highway build specifically for the production outside of San Francisco), The Matrix Reloaded was produced in tandem with the third film in the series, The Matrix Revolutions.

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Gloria Foster died before she could complete any scenes for the third film. 'Mary Alice' took the role of the Oracle for it.
The Matrix Reloaded, released in 2003, is 138 minutes long. The sequel to The Matrix stars Laurence Fishburn, Monica Belluci, Keanu Reeves, and Jada Pinkett Smith.
Neo and the rebel leaders estimate that they have 72 hours until 250,000 probes discover Zion and destroy it and its inhabitants. During this, Neo must decide how he can save Trinity from a dark fate in his dreams. full summary | full synop...
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Cast

Actors Character Born
Keanu Reeves Neo Sep 2, 1964 in Beirut, Lebanon
Carrie-Anne Moss Trinity Aug 21, 1967 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Laurence Fishburne Morpheus Jul 30, 1961 in Augusta, GA
Hugo Weaving Agent Smith Apr 4, 1960 in Austin, Nigeria
Jada Pinkett Smith Niobe Sep 18, 1971 in Baltimore, MD
Gloria Foster The Oracle Nov 15, 1933 in Chicago, IL
Harold Perrineau, Jr. Link
Monica Bellucci Persephone Sep 30, 1968 in Citta di Castello, Umbria, Italy
Harry J. Lennix Commander Lock Nov 16, 1965 in Chicago, IL
Lambert Wilson Merovingian Aug 3, 1958 in Paris, France
Randall Duk Kim The Keymaker
Nona Gaye Zee Sep 7, 1974
Anthony Zerbe Councillor Hamann May 20, 1936 in Long Beach, CA
Helmut Bakaitis The Architect
Neil Rayment Twin #1
Adrian Rayment Twin #2
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Review by Skyler Miller
One of the most genuinely anticipated movies of its time, The Matrix Reloaded saturated theaters with an expectation of excellence that few films would ever be able to meet. But even with unrealistic expectations taken into account, this first sequel to The Matrix still disappoints. Respect must be given to the ambition, complexity, and sheer scale of the endeavor, but this quickly gives way to the significant problems with pacing and structure that didn't exist in the first movie. Case in point: After a brief blaze of action, The Matrix Reloaded settles into nearly 30 minutes of talk, talk, and more talk. Weighed down by these overlong sections of meaningless blather among insignificant characters, there are some truly head-scratching scenes that could've easily been excised -- Neo's (Keanu Reeves) late-night encounter with Councillor Harmann (Anthony Zerbe) being the most glaring example -- and the remainder of the movie strains to regain lost audience enthusiasm after this point. Where The Matrix was tightly structured and fast-paced, The Matrix Reloaded plays out on a larger scale, with its various pieces struggling to cohere together. The lengthy action sequences are motivated less by plot than by the need to have another action sequence, and though the story has a wobbly arc of its own, the finale feels as if it was arbitrarily cut to create a cliffhanger that's more puzzling than "whoa" inducing. Those expecting something as new and surprising as the first Matrix may also be let down by the sequel's lack of a truly dazzling effect on the magnitude of "bullet-time." Instead, the old effects are refined and reused in set pieces like an exhausting 14-minute vehicle chase and a CG fight sequence that comes close to replicating the look of reality. It's telling that one of the most entertaining action scenes -- the precise hand-to-hand combat between Neo and Seraph (Collin Chou) -- is also one of the simplest. But in sequel-land, simple is rarely good enough, and The Matrix Reloaded is ultimately diminished by its affinity for all things exaggerated. For the Wachowskis, no chase is too long, no speech too windy, no Biblical reference too overt. By the end of nearly two-and-a-half hours, the Matrix hasn't been reloaded; it's been deflated.

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