The inevitability of a sequel to The Matrix grew out of its unexpected and quite phenomenal success at the box office.
The trouble with all sequels is, howefver, whether the orginal idea was exhausted in the first film.
Thankfully, such is not the case with The Matrix Reloaded which manages to successfully draw on the strengths of the first film and, rather than repeating them, extend them both in terms of the speical effects and the story.
The core of the original cast return with Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishbourne, Carrie-Anne Moss and a whole lot of Hugo Weavings taking their characters further as the story develops.
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