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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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Prefiero conservar el recuerdo de la primera, aquella sorpresa de 1999...

Full Review Source: Uruguay Total | comment Comment
11/10/03
Enrique Buchichio
Enrique Buchichio
Uruguay Total

It's certainly among the most overtly religious action movies ever made.

Full Review Source: ReelTalk Movie Reviews | comment Comment
11/10/03
John P. McCarthy
John P. McCarthy
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11/10/03
Scott A. Mantz
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Full Review Source: Sunday Times (Australia) | comment Comment
11/10/03
Sunday Times (Australia)
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You’ll be asking yourself questions like: why does that one guy look like KFC’s Colonel Sanders? Does this count as product placement and did KFC pay for this?

Full Review Source: Sci-Fi Movie Page | comment Comment
11/10/03
James O'Ehley
James O'Ehley
Sci-Fi Movie Page

...a frantic and ponderous piece that is content enough to go through its wooden stage and whimper out with a deadening bang...[a] mind-bending misguided mess

Full Review Source: TheWorldJournal.com | comment Comment
11/09/03
Frank Ochieng
Frank Ochieng
TheWorldJournal.com

...a frantic and ponderous piece that is content enough to go through its wooden stage and whimper out with a deadening bang...[a] mind-bending misguided mess

Full Review Source: TheWorldJournal.com | comment Comment
11/09/03
Frank Ochieng
Frank Ochieng
TheWorldJournal.com

...one of the more entertaining mindless action flicks to come around in a while.

Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | comment Comment
11/09/03
David Nusair
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

An impressive closing to the cycle.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
11/09/03
Marc Savlov
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle
N/R

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11/08/03
Boston Phoenix
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Talky and morose, the film is missing the mystery and explosive action that set the first two entries apart.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
11/08/03
Daniel Eagan
Daniel Eagan
Film Journal International

Thus ends the Matrix trilogy, not even with the dignity of a whimper but with the timid finality of a dull thud.

Full Review Source: Mark Reviews Movies | comment Comment
11/07/03
Mark Dujsik
Mark Dujsik
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The Wachowski brothers have rendered their chronicles into banality, as if trying to imitate the qualitative tailspin of the Star Wars series.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
11/07/03
Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post

This final installment is both too much of a good thing and too little.

Full Review Source: Sacramento Bee | comment Comment
11/07/03
Joe Baltake
Joe Baltake
Sacramento Bee

Most disappointing is the conclusion to the trilogy.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
11/07/03
Annlee Ellingson
Annlee Ellingson
Boxoffice Magazine

The third film in the series, while not quite as good as the first film, does bring the trilogy to a satisfying conclusion.

Full Review Source: Laramie Movie Scope | comment Comment
11/07/03
Robert Roten
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope

For many devoted Wachowski Brothers fans, this trilogy-ending film inspires nothing more than the whispered words “I’m out.”

Full Review Source: FilmStew.com | comment 1 Comment
11/07/03
Todd Gilchrist
Todd Gilchrist
FilmStew.com

...while being an even thornier thicket of existential philosophy than `Reloaded,' it offers little visionary action between the brain cramps.

Full Review Source: Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) | comment Comment
11/07/03
Josh Larsen
Josh Larsen
Sun Publications (Chicago, IL)

It succeeds only in diminishing its predecessors' legacy, and turning a cinematic landmark into nothing more than business as usual. What a waste.

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11/07/03
Rob Vaux
Rob Vaux
Flipside Movie Emporium

I think I liked The Matrix better when the solution was still unknown.

Full Review Source: CinemaBlend.com | comment Comment
11/07/03
Joshua Tyler
Joshua Tyler
CinemaBlend.com
 
 
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