The movie was super-derivative and unoriginal. It worked well as an homage to the sequel almost to a fault. I was expecting better action sequences with modern

The movie was super-derivative and unoriginal. It worked well as an homage to the sequel almost to a fault. I was expecting better action sequences with modern film-making techniques but they stuck to original techniques (or replicated it). My friends were all underwhelmed as well after hearing things like "greatest action movie in this century" anecdotes. It broke no new ground. Now, The Matrix, was all the things this move wasn't: Original. Groundbreaking.