There's an Enter the Matrix Preview on Computer and Video Games offering some first-hand impressions of the upcoming computer game tie-in with the Matrix movie franchise. They discuss the influence of the filmmakers on the game, how the game and movies intertwine, and offer eyewitness accounts of gameplay, including how the game will represent the movie's distinctive slow motion effects:

When you enter combat, the two attacking buttons can be used to pull off a range of combination attacks, with a further button employed to disarm opponents in an ultimately cool manner. All very nice, but the real fighting glory is revealed when you make use of the "Focus" button.

This puts the game into "bullet time" allowing you to pull off some visually amazing, gravity defying stunts. Run at a wall while holding Focus and you back-flip away; run at an angle and you scoot up it and cartwheel off - couple this with a weapon for a deadly hail of fire. Run, jump and shoot with Focus and you'll spin like a corkscrew; do the same backwards and you leap away in slo-mo allowing time to batter the enemy with bullets. All highly impressive.