The movie is set some time after everybody realizes the power that Neo (Keanu Reeves) possesses. However, in this installment it is really onlu Morpheus and a couple of others who still believe Neo is 'The one' (ie some kind of savior) that is going to rescue the human world from The Matrix. The machines have been digging to get to Zion, an underground city where people who have been freed from The Matrix now live. The Oracle (played wonderfully by Gloria Foster) wants to see Neo again, and tells him that there is a way to get to the core of The Matrix. To do that, he needs to get a hold of The Keymaker (Randall Duk Kim) who is basically a computer program being held by Merovingian (a great villian played by French actor Lambert Wilson - I wish they had more for him to do). This leads to the prospect of a very difficult mission in which Neo asks Trinity (Carrie Ann Moss) to stay out of The Matrix. Neo has been having dreams that she is killed. She agrees, but everybody knows it will not happen. The chain of events leads to the climactic highway chase that is worth the price of admission alone. The ending is rather abrupt, but with The Matrix: Revolutions coming out in November, there certainly is not going to be a long wait.

The Matrix: Reloaded has flaws. It is not a perfect movie, and some fans of the original are sure to be disappointed. I enjoyed it. In fact, my only complaint stems from the fact that the 'R' rating could have been easily avoided if they had simply removed the ridiculous crowd org-bondage/Neo-Trinity love scene that looked more like something you'd see in an MTV video than in a movie. The love scene itself was tastefully done, but the rest of it was just tacky and totally out of place. Other than that, it is still worth the price of admission.