Franchise Friday: The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
'The Matrix' goes weird, the Wachowskis go deep, and there's a mud orgy.
Sequels are safe.
That’s not to say I don’t like them — I wouldn’t be doing these Franchise Fridays if I didn’t. And it’s not to say they can’t be surprising; every once in a while, you get a Spider-man 2 or Empire Strikes Back that improves on the original or throws a wrench in our expectations. But by and large, the rallying cry of sequels is to do th…
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