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By: Homer The Brave
Date: 4/6/99 5:42:30 PM
# Replies: 5
So think of Dark City, pretend the hero is Chow Yun-Fat, and pretend the director is John Woo. Then pretend that the hero is Keaneu Reeves trying to do Chow Yun-Fat, and that the director is someone whose name I can't recall trying to do John Woo.
Then add some superspiff computer graphics, enough dark glasses and leather clothing to keep a goth retail operation in buisness for ten years, a fascination with spent rounds, people with really dumb HAKKUR names, over-the-top cinematography, and techno music.
This movie is everything Tim Leary wanted psychedelia to NOT be: you take the red pill and see the world as it is, and lo and behold, it's far worse than anything in your wildest imagination. But it's still fun, and I reccommend it, unless you're a) a paranoid psychotic or b) epileptic, in which case you should AVOID, which is a good review encapsulation.
Response #1
By: Ralf
Date: 4/8/99 1:32:32 AM
I dug it.
They managed to hide the core premise from me until mid-movie, which is rare in these days when the whole damn plot's laid bare in the coming attractions. Then, when it was revealed, I laughed out loud. Very clever.
I thought it was Virtuosity, Terminator2, Johnny Mnemonic, and a Jackie Chan movie all blended together with 1984. Very tasty.
I think it'll be a keeper when it comes out on video... there's a lot of freeze-framing to do.
Response #2
By: Seventh of Seven
Date: 4/8/99 10:03:06 AM
ouch, here i was all ready to see it, and then you compare it to virtuosity and johnny mnemonic.
Response #3
By: Homer The Brave
Date: 4/9/99 7:21:04 AM
Keanu Reeves + clothes + neural implants + blank stare = BANK!
Jackie Chan has something Reeves doesn't: charm.
Response #4
By: Ralf
Date: 4/12/99 12:36:10 AM
Shrug.
The Matrix ain't no Shindler's List; but taken on its own merits it's a brainless good time with lotsa shiny bright objects that hipmotized me.
See it. It's worth $7 easy: less'n $3/per fun hour.
Response #5
By: Capt. Spastic
Date: 4/15/99 10:39:34 AM
I agree with Ralf. I liked it too. Did have some great effects. And for an action movie that it was, actually had a fairly good story to it. I thought very entertaining in all. It will be a keeper for me as well.