what really kind of got me was, when the motorcycle hit the guard tower in the beginning (and the end) where did all that fuel come from for such an enormous explosion? if you look at it, its just a guard tower... what, do they keep big containers of fuel or propane feed? lol. just thought that I would ask.. you say the special effects weren't that good... I disagree... I thought that the chase was crazy, and the ending of the chase with the two semi trucks was spectacular, and very intense... i was also not the only one in the theater who thought that to because every body started clapping when Link jumped up... yeah, they used some original matrix effects, like the bullets, but even so, I thought that the compositing turned out really well..... did you notice how long that last camera shot was for the chase on the highway? Tons of work must have gone into that, or how about the end with the trail behind Neo and the sonic Boom? Well.. all and all, there was allot of high action scenes, and although maybe not as ground breaking as the first, they still executed the effects decently, except for a few shots, (like a few in the Burly Brawl) also, don't forget, the original Matrix had plenty of compositing and animation errors as well Thanks!
Brian