Neo and his lover, Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) are so fit that they seem like virtual humans they're burned down to true grit there even seems to be distended vascularity flexing in their sculptured eyebrows. The dream merchants are missing the philosophical point of the picture, which takes on added significance with some of the cameos. In the human world they live in disintegrating attire that wouldn't look out of place on Phish roadies. Hilariously, the directors make their points about the corrupting power of images in an idealized context of movie action heroes so beautifully that designers are aping the sleek, tailored frock coats and dusters that the heroes don to combat evil in what is essentially a dream world. ''Reloaded'' seeks to increase the emotional stakes - which it doesn't quite accomplish - while leaving enough of a cliffhanger that audiences will be bedeviled enough to flock back into the tents for the last portion. Their relentless love of movies, junk-food mythology and thoughtful reimagining of a future endangered by mass consumption and proliferation of pleasure to the point of soullessness makes for a heady and unusual mix. This second installment, which opens nationwide tomorrow, is a blend of Hong Kong action, comic books, anime, philosophy and the New Testament and has the feel of a holding pattern.īut the mastery of filmmaking hasn't abated in ''Reloaded.'' The writing and directing tandem of Larry and Andy Wachowski are as suited to the task of guiding this film as Neo is to saving the world from the onslaught of the Sentinels, computer emissaries bent on eliminating all vestiges of humanity. It has been four years since the release of ''The Matrix,'' the first part of the planned action-metaphorical melodrama trilogy. And the weight of a similar worry rests on the shoulders of ''Reloaded.'' Relax, the staging of the action sequences is as viciously elegant as you've been primed to expect, though there is a dispiriting more-of-the-same aspect to the picture. Neo is wondering about his place as cynosure of the new world, trapped under the burden of knowing he's expected to lead the way. Of course he does know what to do: he's ''the One,'' as murmured in the mellifluous, currant-scented voice of his mentor, Morpheus (the righteous Laurence Fishburne). ''I wish I knew what I was supposed to do,'' Neo (Keanu Reeves) says early in ''The Matrix Reloaded'' after a violent, apparently premonitory dream.
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