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Background: 7 rZorrtputet deck liecorrtes kick am; action he”) can: dirirtaé god
Powers: 10 ii, f'w- e'd at t' w ill“)! illll‘ Neo, the ()liff, tia', tier/live ai- tlrlsxet‘u' arid on‘r‘apoteht mthirt t'tv: Matux, and li‘) dreateat tt(;tY‘t;-5;Ir;.
Weaknesses: 9 But in Reloaded Neos great
power pron/(2'; diffia'iit to harness; plus he's; worried
about his lover. innit;
Cool factor: 7 l mu (reek to god. Neo's; cool
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Role in Reloaded: 8 lo aaxe the world. of course. ill Reloaded he and the gang have ;ii:;t hours; to do it.
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Background: 8 The Matrix's main weapon, this virtual construct was head of the secret police.
Powers: 9 Almost invinc'hle in the first him, yet by the end Neo was kicking his butt. ln Reloaded. lt()‘r‘J(}‘./()l. he':; learned to c one himself.
Weaknesses: 1O Doesn't really have any. I mean. Morpheus was afraid of the guy.
Cool factor: 10 Apart from the CIA black suit get— up. that t'reird rind-Atlantic (trawl.
Role in Reloaded: 7 Essentially the same as the last film (to kick the asses of N90 and pals). This time around. however. he's operating independently of the Matrix mainframe.
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Background: 8 Neo's mentor and the leader of
finally salvation in the first film. powers: 8 5-, .2 ‘. _.-_ A ,: , x Powers:7l': ,".‘sl'ts;'ilt,,-. "Witt? {it""v‘. ' z "'l'J-X'Vti’l‘i‘h' t').'l‘{ :i'. Talluti tilt-u. " "J “‘37 l-~ "
""‘ (’ Weaknesses: 7 Paternal towards Neo and likely to martyr himself, the father figure leaves himself
Wide open to the Matrix}; emotionless constructs.
Weaknesses: 7 She ilf-ECOHKES the ‘.’.’r)flt(llt in peril in Reloaded (at least as far as; Neo's conrxernedi.
Cool factor: 8 '\.'."at a“ .z'”: airmen. tut“.
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Cool factor: 8 Hr r' u- .-."..i'.
Role in Reloaded: 7 learnt; up With hunt; to capture a p-votal figure. the Keymaker.
Role in Reloaded: 7 Joins Morpheus in search of the Keymaker. but must do battle Wlill twrn bodyguards who can dematerialrse at WI”.
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Background: 7 One of a number of new characters. Niobe is a tough-as-nails pilot dedicated to saving Zion, the final outpost of
humankind under attack from the Matrix robots.
Background: 7 Second of a hurriher of new characters. l')r’;rs;r;titione IS a f;(1itt:lltlll(_] temptress who attempts to seduce Neo.
Powers: 6 Doesn't possess the ‘.’ilitl£li fighting skills; of. say. Morpheus f,.' Inuit, ho! ho, can Slit: flatllgéltf} a ship ilttritittlt a iltll'M'lll '.‘.iorl(l overrun by robots.
Powers: 6 Altt‘uuriii ‘ill‘:[1083033053iiiiifrllliitf: .‘xa, of .“it‘. ia; cl," tlat ‘ri‘lil‘; uhr; can’t ii): for exan‘rllr: Peruetit‘m'ie"; ’léitl" lliii,’ hr: the undoing “)i it‘d Cpl/illn'tib.
Weaknesses: 7 Her arrogance may be her
downhn Weaknesses: 7 I‘vtayhr: tier charm out; .vorks on
male. heterosexual foes. Cool factor: 7 UriJ‘f} a 53t;a(,es;'i;i;: what's rvi’. cool about that?
Cool factor: 8 Sta-2 .r/ik'. u,- t/t'niui Helium.
Role in Reloaded: 6 To stop Ne', dea’l llll lust) in
Role in Reloaded: 6 To get the real (not Virtual) W 1W,“
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