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The Matrix Revolutions (2003)

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Reviews Counted:202

Fresh:75

Rotten:127

Average Rating:5.3/10

Consensus: A disappointing conclusion to the Matrix trilogy as characters and ideas take a back seat to the special effects.

Runtime: 2 hrs 18 mins

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

Synopsis: Everything that has a beginning has an end. At the stunning conclusion of The Matrix Reloaded, Neo (KEANU REEVES) took another step forward in the quest for truth that began with his journey... Everything that has a beginning has an end. At the stunning conclusion of The Matrix Reloaded, Neo (KEANU REEVES) took another step forward in the quest for truth that began with his journey into the real world at the outset of The Matrix - but that transformation has left him drained of his power, adrift in a no man's land between the Matrix and the Machine World. While Trinity (CARRIE-ANNE MOSS) holds vigil over Neo's comatose body, Morpheus (LAURENCE FISHBURNE) grapples with the revelation that the One in which he has invested a life's worth of faith is merely another system of control invented by the architects of the Matrix. In The Matrix Revolutions, the final explosive chapter in the Matrix trilogy, the epic war between man and machine reaches a thundering crescendo: the Zion military, aided by courageous civilian volunteers like Zee (NONA GAYE) and the Kid (CLAYTON WATSON), desperately battles to hold back the Sentinel invasion as the Machine army bores into their stronghold. Facing total annihilation, the citizens of the last bastion of humanity fight not only for their own lives, but for the future of mankind itself. But an unknown element poisons the ranks from within: the rogue program Smith (HUGO WEAVING) has cunningly hijacked Bane (IAN BLISS), a member of the hovercraft fleet. Growing more powerful with each passing second, Smith is beyond even the control of the Machines and now threatens to destroy their empire along with the real world and the Matrix. The Oracle (MARY ALICE) offers Neo her final words of guidance, which he accepts with the knowledge that she is a program and her words could be just another layer of falsehood in the grand scheme of the Matrix. With the aid of Niobe (JADA PINKETT SMITH), Neo and Trinity choose to travel farther than any human has ever dared to go - a treacherous journey above ground, across the scorched surface of the earth and into the heart of the menacing Machine City. In this vast mechanized metropolis, Neo comes face to face with the ultimate power in the Machine world - the Deus Ex Machina - and strikes a bargain that is the only hope for a dying world. The war will end tonight, with Neo's destiny and the fate of two civilizations inexorably tied to the outcome of his cataclysmic confrontation with Smith. Warner Bros. Pictures presents, in association with Village Roadshow Pictures and NPV Entertainment, a Silver Pictures production, The Matrix Revolutions, starring KEANU REEVES, LAURENCE FISHBURNE and CARRIE-ANNE MOSS. The film also stars HUGO WEAVING and JADA PINKETT SMITH. The Matrix Revolutions is written and directed by THE WACHOWSKI BROTHERS and produced by JOEL SILVER. The executive producers are ANDY WACHOWSKI, LARRY WACHOWSKI, GRANT HILL, ANDREW MASON and BRUCE BERMAN. The director of photography is BILL POPE, A.S.C.; the production designer is OWEN PATERSON; the editor is ZACH STAENBERG, A.C.E.; the music is composed by DON DAVIS; the visual effects supervisor is JOHN GAETA; and the costume designer is KYM BARRETT. The Matrix Revolutions will be released worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, and in select territories by Village Roadshow Pictures. This film has been rated "R" by the MPAA for "sci-fi violence and brief sexual content." [More]

Starring: Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Laurence Fishburne, Hugo Weaving

Starring: Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Laurence Fishburne, Hugo Weaving, Jada Pinkett Smith, Collin Chou, Mary Alice, Tanveer Atwal, Lambert Wilson, Monica Bellucci, Ian Bliss, Harold Perrineau, Nona Gaye, Nathaniel Lees, Clayton Watson, Harry J. Lennix, Gina Torres, Anthony Zerbe, Cornel West

Director: Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski

Director: Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski
Screenwriter: Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski
Producer: Joel Silver
Composer: Don Davis
Studio: Warner Bros.

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It is not about conclusiveness, but about solving the immediate struggles of its own stupid sci-fi details.

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11/30/03
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
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If you thought The Matrix Reloaded had holes in it, this one is muddled beyond belief, accidentally humorous.

Full Review Source: iofilm.co.uk | comment Comment
11/10/03
Ignatz Ratskiwatski
Ignatz Ratskiwatski
iofilm.co.uk

Those action sequences are seriously impressive! Pity the rest of the film is so limp and vacuous.

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11/06/03
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
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11/05/03
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

The more thought you give the film, the less it deserves.

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11/05/03
Nev Pierce
Nev Pierce
BBC
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'A nice firework display.'

Full Review Source: Teletext | comment Comment
11/05/03
Paul Arendt
Paul Arendt
Teletext

Enlarging the scale of proceedings isn't the same as providing something fresh.

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06/10/03
Daniel Etherington
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04/29/09
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08/07/08
Mark Halverson
Mark Halverson
Sacramento News & Review

Some of this stuff is just cheesy in the same way it's been cheesy in dozens of cheaper, less cultish films.

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03/11/08
Rob Gonsalves
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07/14/07
Joe Lozito
Joe Lozito
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It's amazing how such a brilliant opening film can devolve into nothing but uninteresting fight scenes and unnecessary visual effects.

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08/08/06
Wesley Lovell
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12/06/05
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Everything about the sequel feels bloated.

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12/06/05
Clint Morris
Clint Morris
Film Threat

Not in my memory has a film been filled with such a succession of ejaculatory FX shots that cover any semblance of story in goo.

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12/06/05
Daniel Schweiger
Daniel Schweiger
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Zzzzzz.

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05/04/05
Nick Schager
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