Matrix

Year: 1999

Grade: A

Country: USA

Director: Wachowski

Review

granted keanu reeves is a no good hack of an actor. granted having a woman as a powerful protagonist is old hat in hong kong flicks. granted the fight scenes aren’t as great as some earlier hong kong flicks. but when all is said and done this film delivers. i’m not saying it doesn’t get corny at times – because it does, but i am saying that it’s a good movie and certainly better than most action flicks in recent times. it’s cinematography is good enough to compare to crouching tiger, hidden dragon (though in a different way) and it’s deeper philosophically than crouching tiger could ever hope to be. it doesn’t let the love story get in the way of the momentum of the film, like crouching tiger did; the soundtrack is better and overall i feel more fulfilled  watching this movie than most action flicks. if you want to think it is fodder for thought. if you just want to watch people kicking some ass then it’s great for that as well. people who knock this movie don’t know what good movies are about.