Preload - Get Behind the Scenes
The Matrix Unfolds - A Look at The Matrix Phenomenon
The Freeway Chase - How They Did It
Get Me An Exit - Inspired Design and Advertising
Enter the Matrix - Making the Game
What Is the Animatrix?
The MTV Movie Awards Reloaded
Web Links
Audio: English [CC], French
Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
Number of Discs: 2
Rated: R
Closed captioning available
Run Time: 2 hours, 18 minutes
Video: Color
Released: October 14, 2003
Originally Released: 2003
Label: Warner Home Video
2-Disc Set
Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
Packaging: Keep Case
Aspect Ratio: Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Surround 5.1 - English, French
Dolby Surround Stereo - English
Stereo - English
Additional Release Material:
Featurette:
PRELOAD - Behind-the-Scenes With The Cast and Crew
THE FREEWAY CHASE - Anatomy of a Mind-Blowing Scene
ENTER THE MATRIX - Making of the Ground-Breaking Video Game
WHAT IS THE ANIMATRIX'
THE MATRIX UNFOLDS - A Look At the Matrix Phenomenon
GET ME AN EXIT - Matrix-Inspired Design Advertising
New York Times - 05/14/2003
"...The staging of the action sequences is as viciously elegant as you've been primed to expect....The martial arts sequences are breathtakingly staged..."
USA Today - 05/16/2003
"...Carrie-Anne Moss' Trinity, a plus throughout, puts her chiseled frame on a motorcycle and achieves the near-impossible: a fresh spin on the movie car chase..."
Variety - 05/12/2003
"...Studded with remarkable action set pieces and graced with any number of felicitous performances....[The] film' s combination of stylishness, seriousness of purpose and visceral impact makes it compulsively watchable..."
Entertainment Weekly - 05/23/2003
"...The science-fiction fight scenes fly past the first film in terms of imaginative logistics; they just about make your eyeballs dance..."
Rolling Stone - 06/12/2003
"...Make no mistake: Eyes will pop, nerves will jangle, thoughts will be provoked and other summer blockbusters will shrink in comparison..."
Box Office - 07/01/2003
"...The film is so intellectually complex, so stimulating, that multiple viewings are required..."
Sight and Sound - 07/01/2003
"...The hints and allusions are numerous enough to render a Matrix -- an infinite network of portents and possibilities -- of the film itself....The Merovingian scenes are particularly inventive..."
Film Comment - 07/01/2003
"...[The effects] are among the most relentless and compellingly sublime in recent memory....There are moments of startling clarity and brilliance..."
Total Film - 07/01/2003
"...When RELOADED fires, it really fires, mixing the Wachowski's dynamic framing, Yuen Woo Ping's wirework and John Gaeta's effects into a virtuoso virtu-dream plucked from fevered brows..."
Description by OLDIES.com:
Sentinels swarm. Smith clones. Neo flies ... but perhaps not even a Chosen One gifted with astonishing new powers can stop the advance of the Machines.
Neo. Morpheus. Trinity. They're back for the powerful second chapter of The Matrix Trilogy, and exciting new allies join them in the struggle against foes who are cloned, upgraded and closing in on humanity's last enclave. Back, too, are the Wachowski Brothers, and producer Joel Silver, expanding their vision with a spectacle that rocks the senses, probes the heart and shapes filmmaking's tomorrows.
Product Description:
Neo (Keanu Reeves), Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss), and Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) continue their battle against the machines in THE MATRIX RELOADED, the second chapter of Larry and Andy Wachowski's MATRIX trilogy. As RELOADED begins, Neo, Trinity, and Morpheus arrive in Zion with new crew member Link (Harold Perrineau), and discover that 250,000 dreaded sentinels are close to launching a massive attack on the underground haven for the liberated minds of humanity. When Neo seeks advice from the prophetic Oracle (the late Gloria Foster), their meeting leads to a sorely outnumbered fight with Neo's old nemesis, Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving). While the sentinels advance on Zion, various battles within the Matrix continue to escalate, culminating in an extended highway chase sequence involving Morpheus, Trinity, more imposing agents, and two new adversaries--the relentless white-clad Twins (Adrian and Neil Rayment).
With RELOADED, the Wachowski brothers delve deeper into both the realm of the Matrix and the apocalyptic, machine-controlled future reality. Initially giving ample attention to both the romance between Neo and Trinity and to the vast underground city of Zion, the film eventually delivers one stunning set piece after another, with the amazing martial arts sequences and jaw-dropping effects of the first MATRIX elevated to even more astounding heights. In addition to the returning cast of Reeves, Moss, Fishburne, Weaving, and Foster, Perrineau and Jada Pinkett Smith make for welcome new additions, and Monica Bellucci offers up an unforgettably sensual appearance. Larger than the original scale on every level, THE MATRIX RELOADED is a thoroughly entertaining sequel that will leave viewers eager for the trilogy's conclusion, THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS.
Plot Keywords:
Action |
Big Battles |
Enemies |
Essential Cinema |
Future / Futuristic Worlds |
Kung Fu |
Martial Arts |
Science-Fiction |
Sequel |
Special Effects |
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