s’ second movie in the Matrix trilogy of its additional selling point – breath-taking action. The Matrix introduced us to revolving cameras, strobe effects, bullet times, detailed slow motion, cutting edge special effects and a fine display of Wire-fu.Reloaded took all these to the next level. This was the perfect action movie as it had the best of every genre of action. Martial arts, shootouts, car chases, explosions, guns, knives, swords, cars, characters with real purposes for their acts, visual effects and all packaged into a coherent unit with a strong plot.
The most memorable moments include Neo’s one-man battle with hundreds of copies of Agent Smith and the $50 million dollar car chase which was shot on a specially constructed freeway. Trinity racing against the traffic on the Ducati superbike was an armrest grabber in all rights. Neo took to the skies and beat Superman in the frequent fliers race.
The movie had a huge impact on popular culture and film making. The cinematography style is still a favourite among directors. Same goes for the all-black costumes. Black became the most desirable colour for dress code. Black shades, black tux, black shoes and special edition Neo goggles sold like pizzas. We haven’t seen a movie creating a fashion statement like this in recent times and it still goes on.
The Matrix was a better movie, but Reloaded was a better action movie.
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