Release Date: May 15, 2003
Rated: R

The Hot Button: The Matrix Reloaded
Reloaded Review
Review Spoiler Page
What Would Neo Do

5/18/03
Reloaded Perception/Reality
Rotten Tomatoes
Reports Only 8 Of 33 "Cream Of The Crop" Critics Going Negative on Reloaded - They Are Stephen Whitty, Ken Turan, Geoff Pervere,
Kirk Honeycutt, Rick Groen, Paul Clinton,
Mark Caro, John Anderson
** Of 125 Other Reviews, 33 Are Negative
Has Reloaded Really Been
"Largely Clobbered by The Critics?"


"The Matrix Reloaded develops the Matrix myth or legend so that I actually now enjoy the first film more, because I understand it better in retrospect."
Ebert & Roeber's Two Thumbs Up

5/16/03
Matrix At Cannes: "The kinky costumes turned stony cynics into cackling schoolboys."


"Never have so many wan and wacky epithets been flung so indiscriminately into this illusion we call reality. Even George Lucas would find some of the Wachowski brothers' dialogue turgid, and he invented the pox that now afflicts most current high-budget futurism: people who talk in Hallmark Zen aphorisms."

"There will be ever more tiresome exegeses of thematic elements drawn from mythology and religious history, yet I'm more concerned with the way the movie feels, the way it looks as it rushes past, barrels confidently across tens of millions of dollars of computer power on ever-expanding pixel frontiers."

5/14/03

Ebert's Matrix "The speeches provide not meaning, but the effect of meaning: It sure sounds like those guys are saying some profound things."
- Roger Ebert

"It's a knockout in many ways, but it doesn't quite feel at the end of the day like a triple-somersault, big-tittied, surfer-chick humjob."
- Movie Poop Shoot

Elvis Mitchell Weighs In On Reloaded

"Pigs don't fly and the beloved block of wood we call Keanu Reeves has yet to evince human emotion, but the Wachowski brothers have many, many other miracles up their sleeves in ''The Matrix Reloaded.''
- Ty Burr, Boston Globe

"This sequel is not just reloaded, it is an entirely new arsenal."
- Bruce Kirkland, Toronto Sun

"the most distressing thing about the reloading of The Matrix is just how much it feels like The Phantom Menace" - Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star


But for all the predictably fancy footwork, the heavy-handed opening hour will prove trying to all but the most forgiving fans of this alternative universe.
- USA Today

5/12/03
"Matrix Reloaded is, unlike the first film, a conventional comic-book movie, in places a campy conventional comic-book movie, and in places a ludicrously campy conventional comic-book movie."
- Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker
5/10-11/03

WB Sanctions Reviews While Embargoing
The Web - Lots Of Spoilers
David Ansen's Matrix Reloaded Review Hits Newsweek | Screen Daily's Review | The Hollywood Reporter's Review | Variety's Review | USA Today On Time Magazine's Indecent Exposure Of The Matrix Reloaded | Time's Offending PIece

5/11/03
David Ansen's Matrix Reloaded Review Hits Newsweek

5/8/03
The Third Major Pre-Embargo, Spoiler-Loaded Review Of The Matrix Reloaded

5/6/03
"While upping the ante considerably in the action and effects department, storytelling stumbles frequently this outing as the movie stops cold for philosophical digressions about fate and destiny and reality."
- Kirk Honeycutt, The Hollywood Reporter

5/5/03
GREAT BIG SPOILERS Time Magazine's Matrix
Quasi-Review: Early And Spoiler Heavy


4/30/03
The First Reloaded Review...
Reloaded WIth Spoilers & Plenty O' Filthy Words!

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Starring: Keanu Reeves,
Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss,
Hugo Weaving, Matt McColm, Jada Pinkett Smith, Monica Bellucci, Lambert Wilson, Harold Perrineau Jr., Harry J. Lennix, Clayton Watson, Dale Bernhardt, Christine Anu

Produced by: Joel Silver

Written by: Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski

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Distributor: Warner Bros
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Matrix: Reloaded
Directed by: Andy Wachowski
& Larry Wachowski


8/26/03
Reloaded Hits $450m Worldwide

8/18/03
Matrix Revolutions Is Wrapped Up

8/14/03
Kurt Loder On William Gibson And The Matrix

7/19-20/03

The European Matrix Revolutions Trailer Shown At Comic-Con

7/17/03
Some Matrix Revolutions Revelations From Nona Gaye

6/26/03
David Poland Breaks Down The Matrix
The Matrix Reloaded. Reloaded Pt II
The Matrix Reloaded. Reloaded Pt I
Also - The Niobe/Oracle Transcript


6/11/03

Matrix Unloaded: Banned In Egypt

6/10/03
What Is Cool, And What Is So Yesterday? Is Matrix Even Still Cool?

6/9/03
Breaking Records In Japan

A Film Of Emotion Rather Than Ideas

6/4/03
Matrix Reloaded Opens Friday On IMAX Screens - Here's Where To See It

In The Meantime, Animated Legos Give You
The Matrix In Six Minutes


6/3/03

Burky Brawlin' In Alemeda

6/2/03
Matrix Gets Reloaded On IMAX
But when?


At Home With Neo

A Look At The Animatrix

Who Is Lachy Hulme?
(Hint: He's In The Matrix Reloaded)


5/30/03
The Hot Button Talks About The Real Life Drama
Behind The Scenes


So Which Reloaded DVD Cover Do You Like?

Does Size Matter? How Big Is Neo's Paycheck?
Earlier
Keanu Reeves Donating Tens Of Millions Of Matrix Earnings ... Much Of It To People Who Worked On The Films

5/29/03
SeeMatrix Bigger Than Life
... On An IMAX Theatre Near You



5/27/03
Matrix Reloaded Does A Spider-Man In The Rest Of The World | Still Trailing Spider-Man's Feat At Home


You Gotta' Be Tough To Take On Joel Silver, But Jada Pinkett Smith Is Tough

USA Today Take On Matrix Boxoffice

5/26/03
More On The Biblical Nature Of The Matrix

5/25/03
Matrix Interview Slide Show -
What Is Reality & Who Is Responsible?

In Reloaded "viewers still may have trouble telling Homo sapiens from cyborg without a DNA test."
In Today's Sci Fi, It's Hard To Say Who Has More Soul - Man Or Machine

Frank Rich Overanalyzes
& Underthinks The Matrix

"Tienes cierta habilidad." - El Matrix Recargado

5/24/03
The Matrix Philosophy Story Of Record

5/23/03
Caro Chews On Some Reloaded Philosophy

It Will Be The Women Of The Matrix Who
Determine It's Ultimate Success

A New Matrix Review ...
"The skinny-latte philosophising may be cumbersome, but it's part of the conviction with which the Wachowskis create their movie's distinctive eco-system."

5/22/03

How Much Money Will The Wachowskis Make On The Matrix And How Much Will Larry's Ex Get?
Ask The Smoking Gun


The Hot Button Asks What Does It Mean?


5/21/03
Matrix Surpasses Spidey's Record For First Week Boxoffice - $151.9m to Spider-Man's $151.6m

Philosophy, Descartes, The Matrix ....
And George Clooney


Laurence Fishburne Offers A Few Choice Comments
To Matrix Critics

What Is It, Exactly, That Makes The Matrix Matter
So Much to So Many?


The Wachowski Bros. And Their Wacky Ways

SPOILERS Is It Really The Reloaded Script??

5/20/03
It's A Matrix Workout!! Get In Shape To Dodge Bullets, High Kick Bad Guys & Leap Rooftops

BIG SPOILER WARNING!
Does The New Matrix Game Have Revolutions Spoilers?


Sure he crashed a press junket, snatched food from production offices and crank-yanked the Wachowskis ..
But Now Tank's Suing Because They
Wouldn't Let Him Be In The Movie

The Neo/Architect Conversation -- Did You Catch It All?

Forget The Hype, "The Brothers"
Let The Movie Talk For Itself
But Does Reloaded Have Legs?
Matrix Earns Its Highest Praise ... From Hackers
Fathoming Keanu Reeves

5/19/03
"
I have decided that Down With Love is The Matrix
for ladies.   It is The Lovetrix"

It Didn't Take Long To Find The First 50 Mistakes
In The Matrix Reloaded!

** The Mistakes Site

A Thought Or Two About Critics And Reloaded
Earlier -
The New Yorker & The Matrix Reloaded

"It's a wonderful fantasy story that doesn't
take place in the real world"

Joel Silver Reminds Everyone That
The Matrix Is A Movie

Earlier The Matrix Defense For Murder?

When It Comes Down To Your Party .. Size Matters

How Tuned In To The Matrix Are You?
Take The Quiz

"The first hour drug on like a Calculus exam. A drastically visual Calculus exam."
Matrix Reloaded Review? Nope. CNN's Review Of The Matrix

"Is it possible to love a movie (and the idea of a movie) too much?" Hmph.

Ebert Asks How Do Other Movies Survive
In A Matrix World?

5/18/03
Weekend Boxoffice Report: "The true test for The Matrix Reloaded will come seven days hence."

Reloaded Perception/Reality
Rotten Tomatoes Reports Only 8 Of 33 "Cream Of The Crop" Critics Going Negative on Reloaded - They Are Stephen Whitty, Ken Turan, Geoff Pervere, Kirk Honeycutt, Rick Groen, Paul Clinton, Mark Caro, John Anderson
** Of
125 Other Reviews, 33 Are Negative
Has Reloaded Really Been "Largely Clobbered by The Critics?"

PHYSICIAN HEAL THYSELF
The New Yorker
& The Matrix Reloaded ...

by David Poland
Reloaded Review
Review Spoiler Page
What Would Neo Do

5/17/03
The Need For A Matrix Box Office Story
Becomes The Story

Commentary By David Poland


"I wanted to really take it in and enjoy it because I don't know if that will ever happen again for me like that."
Trinity And The Joy Of Matrix

Harry Talks Matrix Reloaded Some More

5/16/03

JoBlo Had The Matrix Revolutions Trailer First
Site #1 - Empire Movies
Site #2 - Mike Dingley Jones
Site #3 - Uhhhh


It's A $42 Million Wed Night/Thurs For
The Matrix Reloaded


So ... Joel Silver Aims For Day, Date, Hour Global Release For Matrix Revolutions

Will Neo Take Down Spider-Man?
More Than A Film, It's A Cult


MTV Plays Ask Keanu Reeves
And Justin Timberlake Interviews


5/15/03
Typecasting? Keanu's Not Worried

Word Has It That The Matrix Reloaded Did More Than $5 Million On Wednesday Night, Beating Star Wars' "Preview" Record
** The Hollywood Reporter Pegs The Number
At Over $9 Million


Matrix Behind The Scenes
Costumes | Scanning Techs

Games, Games Games
The Matrix Reloaded

The Matrix Video Game

5/14/03
Are You Now Or Have You Ever Been
An Albino Trying To Kill The One?


Are You The One? A USA Today
Matrix Quiz Will Tell You


The Feminine Form Of The Matrix:
"The estrogen content has been significantly upped since the first film, with more screen time for Moss and the addition of other strong female characters."

There's A Lot Of Neo In Reeves
Reeves On Neo, Moss On Trinity, Etc, Etc.


USA Today
A Who's Who Of Characters
And The New Ones
Old Hands


5/13/03
The Boys Behind The Matrix Mystique

"I relate to him because he's a man of faith. He has tremendous faith, and I have tremendous faith. And that's the place where we really connect."
Fishburne On Morpheus
Persephone And The Kiss

The Los Angeles Times Goes Matrix
Getting To The "Wow Factor" Gets More
Expensive As The Stakes Get Higher

Music Of The Matrix
Tracking Is High And 8400 Screens Are Ready ... Bracing For Reloaded


5/12/03
The Revolutions Trailer Report
If You Know Chicago, You Know Some Matrix

Gambling & Advertising In The Matrix
A Few Words From Agent Smith

Jada Pinkett Balances Real Life & The Matrix


He Just Doesn't Get It
"The love scene wasn't so bad" Says Trinity
How Goes Matrix Reloaded, So Goes Village Roadshow

5/10-11/03
No Matrix 4. No Matter What.
A World Of Matrix From Chicago Sun-Times
Good God!: Christian Science Monitor Does The Matrix
David Edelstein's Matrix Reloaded Story Worth Reading, But "Dodg(es) Right And Left, Managing To Talk Without Saying Anything."
Smilin' Jack Ruby CHUDs All Over Reloaded
The Architects Offer Some Matrix Philosophy

5/9/03
Apparently, That Was Peter Howell At The Junket
Table Asking Everyone About The Wachowskis
To The Point Of Nausea

USA Today On the Mythology Of The Matrix

Apparently, That Was Peter Howell At The Junket Table Asking Everyone About The Wachowskis To The Point Of Nausea


5/8/03
Religion & The Matrix Reloaded
Serious | Not Serious | Seriously Goofy

"It's the biggest thing that's ever been done
that isn't ILM doing Star Wars."

Effects Team Talks Matrix

Were The Aussies Willing To Say More About Reloaded To Writers From Down Under?

Joel Silver Says Keanu Reeves Could Take Jet Li
"Jet has been doing this since he was 4 years old and he's very, very fast, very good at it -- but Keanu has really mastered this"
Moriarty Begs To Give WB Some Matrix Fellatio
(just kidding)

5/7/03
Susan Wloszczyna Exposes Time Magazine Almost As Completely As Time Exposed The Matrix Reloaded
Trinity And Neo Get Naked
More Burly Brawl Stuff

5/6/03
The Women Of The Matrix
The Matrix In The Land Of The Rising Geek (NoCal)
Neo And Morpheus Speak
Plus A Few Words With Niobe As Well

5/5/03
CHUD Reports On The Matrix Junket
Neo Talks Matrix " ..the whole aspect of
trying to find an authentic life."

"Keanu's fights are just incredible to me. I wish you could all see the extent of his commitment, because you would respect him even more. He is unlike any actor I have ever met, any person I've met, actually."

5/4/03
Will The Success Of The Matrix Make It Just Another Part Of The Machine?
Filming Matrix In Australia Was Like Being In The US During the 50's Says Laurence Fishburne
The Matrix: The Fashion Statement Is Urban Camouflage

5/2/03

Geeks And The Matrix - Neo as "Everynerd"
So What Is The Matrix Reloaded?

The Fuzzy Line Between Reality And The Matrix

4/30/03
The First Reloaded Review... Reloaded WIth Spoilers & Plenty O' Filthy Words!
No More Martial Arts For Trinity

4/29/03
There's No Escape From The New Reloaded TV Spot
Premiere's Coverage Of
Monica Belluci, Vampire |
How Oracle Survived Into Revolutions |
S&M In The Matrix

AICN Talks To Twin One And Twin Two!
Niobe Gets Wired

4/28/03
Animatrix Is Oscar Worthy
The Scariest Summer Movies, They Say

4/26/03
The Zen Buddhist Assassin Of The Matrix
Matrix Reloaded One-On-Ones

4/25/03
See It A Day Earlier (Kinda')

4/23/03
Matrix Reloaded And Matrix Revolutions
Are Going IMAX

International Matrix One-Sheets Reflect Reloaded's Secrets

4/20/03
Cool New Look At Matrix 3D Posters In France at ComingSoon

4/18/03
From The Rings To The Matrix It's The Year Of Hugo Weaving

4/14/03
Entertainment Neo-ly
Dissecting The Reloaded Trailer
Mapping The Matrix

4/13/03
Nice Matrix: Reloaded Pix
(And Weak-Ass Captions) At EW.com
Crack The Code, Win A Poster

4/11/03
Coming Soon Sets You Straight On That "Return Of The King Trailer On Matrix: Reloaded" Rumor


And What Did My Wondering Eyes Perceive... The Final Matrix Trailer
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4/10/03
Matrix: Reloaded
Plato, Gnostics gospels, Descartes, and Buddhism Reign In The Matrix
4/8/03

Red Pill? Blue Pill? In LA We Take 'Em All
Dark Horizons' Exclusive Neo And Trinity Posters

Latino Review Shows You Neo Doing
"The Superman Thing"

Matrix Locked And (Re)Loaded

Alan Horn Gets Reloaded

4/7/03
Coming Soon Scoopers Review New Reloaded Spot
Fourth Animatrix Film Released
Countdown To New Reloaded Trailer Premiere On Thursday's ET

4/5/03

The Detective Escapes From The Animatrix

You Can Enter The Matrix Here


4/3/03
Cannes Matrix: Reloaded Bring The French Into The Wachowski Coalition?

4/2/03
Music To Get (Re)Loaded By
SPOILERS Coming Attractions Message Board Holds Reloaded's Keymaker (long load time)
4/1/03
Neo Vs. The R Rating
Are You Game To Enter The Matrix?

3/29
Empire Wasn't The First To Ask About Sex In The Matrix

3/26/03
Sex In The Matrix


3/27/03
Empire Exclusive: Sex In The Matrix
Does that mean the blue pill is Viagra?

3/20/03
AICN Details All Animatrix Shorts
(Even Those Yet To Come)

3/16/03
LA Times Says Dave Matthews To Go Down
The Wachowskis' Rabbit Hole

 







 

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