How sad is this?

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

This is one of several animated short films that are based on the Wachowskis' "Matrix" movie. The director actually worked on special effects for several very famous films such as "Titanic". However, I have to say neither the characters nor the action made this really look like it belongs to the series except the fight in the first 2-3 minutes maybe. This fight sequence also includes the shot of the Asisn girl of which we only see one eye that was used for the Animatrix cover. This lack of Matrix connection is not necessarily a criticism on these 10 minutes as the animation is fine and the story isn't too bad either. The action didn't do a whole lot for me though, so i wouldn't recommend it. but then again, I am not a great Matrix fan anyway, at least this is a common denominator.

Overall the CGI was extremely realistic, especially in the real world. When the Osiris is attempting to escape the sentinels, it almost looked like it was cut out of the Matrix movies. Though the CGI looks very good during the scenes in which you see the entire ship and all the sentinels, when there are closeups of the characters faces you can tell that its obviously CGI. But the fight scene in the beginning with Thaedus and Jue was a pretty good piece of animation, and their movements were very realistic. It was engaging how gradually they showed more skin, but I have to admit that the CGI was so good that I was hoping that Jue got fully unclothed instead of Thaedus. Jue was hot!, it would have been interesting to see her in Reloaded wearing the outfit she wore during their fight scene. Anyways the plot is alright given that the whole movie is only like ten minutes, and its even better if you've seen the movies.

In my opinion, this was an okay short. It was nothing compared to my favorite (Detective Story), and the sole purpose of this episode was to simply be eye candy.Yes, eye candy. From the fight/striptease at the beginning to the closing credits, the short is VERY visually attractive, but the acting is sub-par and the story is simply a typical Matrix action scene minus the plot. Yes, I understand it is the story of the Osiris discovering the Machine invasion heading for Zion, but the short itself is simply...kind of dull, honestly.If you like computer generated asian girls getting naked with katanas and some shady mention of a backstory setting up the movies, this is for you. If you like a neat short story with neat little inner tidbits that stands alone without the movies, watch Detective Story.

A rather splendid little stand-alone CG-animated film set in the universe of "The Matrix" series of movies. The engine used to generate the characters and animation is clearly the same as that used in "Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within".People who have criticised this movie's animation need their eyes examining.I found the movement of the characters utterly realistic, and their facial expressions were masterfully done.The best part, it has to be said, is the opening fight sequence between Thadeus and Jue. The only niggle I'd have is that sword fighting blindfolded is a concept more suited for showing off live action effects; clearly there's nothing clever about getting "blindfolded" CG characters to be able to fight as if they can see! But the fight, with its clever little device of gradually showing more flesh, is a splendid piece of animation work, with some nice touches of humour.Once that is over, the film moves over to more generic action sequence which really doesn't show us anything we haven't already seen in "The Matrix". As the title implies, it does have a somewhat downbeat ending, so be warned!