The previews and commercials for this film had me expecting something great. I was instead suprised to see something that reminded me more of "Johnny Mnemonic," not in terms of plot, but in terms of the pace (sort of slow), and the "Keanu Reeves action hero of the future" motif. Overall, I thought that the plot was rather simple, and despite that, Laurence Fishburne's character rehashed it for the audience numerous times. I thought the special effects were great, but special effects alone don't make a movie great. The action was nice, but there could have been more of it.