{"id":2136,"date":"2024-08-06T21:14:55","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T21:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/?p=2136"},"modified":"2024-10-13T19:29:35","modified_gmt":"2024-10-13T23:29:35","slug":"the-matrix-revolutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/2024\/08\/06\/the-matrix-revolutions\/","title":{"rendered":"The Matrix Revolutions"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The Matrix Revolutions <\/strong>(2003)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Warner Bros.\/Sci-Fi-Action\u00a0 \u00a0 RT: 129 minutes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rated R (sci-fi violence and brief sexual content)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Director: The Wachowskis\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Screenplay: The Wachowskis\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Music: Don Davis\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cinematography: Bill Pope\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Release date: November 5, 2003 (US)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cast: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Jada Pinkett Smith, Mary Alice, Ian Bliss, Harold Perrineau, Monica Bellucci, Harry Lennix, Lambert Wilson, Nona Gaye, Anthony Zerbe, Nathaniel Lees, Collin Chou, Helmut, Bakaitis, Tanveer K. Atwal, Bruce Spence, Gina Torres, Clayton Weston, Cornel West.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Box Office: $139M (US)\/$427M (World)<\/p>\n

Rating<\/strong>: **<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the way the world ends\/Not with a bang but a whimper.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a fairly safe bet T.S. Eliot didn\u2019t know that the final lines of his poem \u201cThe Hollow Men\u201d would serve equally well as a summary review of The Matrix Revolutions<\/strong>, the final part of the trilogy set in the cyber-world created by The Wachowskis (Bound). It\u2019s a perfect example of the Law of Diminishing Returns. The first Matrix movie was great. The second one was merely good. The third one is a great big anticlimax. After all the lofty ideas and big action scenes of the other films, is this really the best the makers could do? If it is, that\u2019s just sad.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Plotwise, there\u2019s not much to chew on in The Matrix Revolutions<\/strong>. It picks up where the last one left off with Neo (Reeves, Speed) in a coma after using his abilities to stop a bunch of Sentinels. He\u2019s inside the Matrix in a subway station that serves as limbo. The only way out is to get on the good side of \u201cThe Trainman\u201d (Spence, The Road Warrior) and that\u2019s not about to happen. At least not until Morpheus (Fishburne, Boyz n the Hood) and Trinity (Moss, Memento) intervene on his behalf by paying a visit to the crime boss they crossed in the previous movie. They get him out of limbo (and by extension, his coma) just in time to aid them in the final battle between the humans and machines. But first, he has to visit the Oracle (now played by Mary Alice) who warns him of impending danger from the all-powerful Agent Smith (Weaving, the LOTR trilogy).<\/p>\n

\u00a0Most of The Matrix Revolutions<\/strong> is the aforementioned battle. The Sentinels finally breach Zion\u2019s defenses and make their way into the city where they\u2019re met by armed citizens ready to fight to the death. Neo, on the other hand, heads to Machine City to fulfill his destiny as \u201cThe One\u201d who will ultimately save humanity.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Although it came out only six months after Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions<\/strong> shows obvious signs of wear, tear and boredom. Unlike its predecessors, it doesn\u2019t contain a single stand-out scene like the bullet-time scene from 1 or the freeway chase from 2. The effects are still on-point, but they\u2019re old hat by now. They\u2019re still good, but no longer amazing. At the same time, it\u2019s still the best part of this disappointing three-quel. The rest of it ranges from mediocre to WTF were they thinking.<\/p>\n

\u00a0In order to explain what I\u2019m talking about, let\u2019s look at the climax which, by all means, should have been awesome. It\u2019s far from it. For one thing, don\u2019t go looking for any real answers to the big philosophical questions you\u2019ve been pondering since it all began. It comes down to a \u201cWhy?\/Because\u201d exchange. Geez, any 6YO could have told me that. Then there\u2019s the big final grudge match between Neo and Smith. It\u2019s a rehash of their other fights. Not only that, IT\u2019S RAINING! After all they accomplished with the other movies, why did they have to fall back on one of the worst action movie clich\u00e9s EVER? I know I\u2019m NOT alone when I say we deserve a better climax than this.<\/p>\n

\u00a0How lame is The Matrix Revolutions<\/strong>? I didn\u2019t feel the need to see it a second time. It only took one viewing to see that there\u2019s really nothing to it. Intellectually, it\u2019s very simplistic. It\u2019s like Philosophy for Dummies. As an action flick, it\u2019s okay. It\u2019s watchable and even entertaining at times, but never comes close to reaching the heights achieved by predecessors. It feels rather flat, a feeling clearly shared by the cast who all seem bored. They look like they just want to get it over with and move on to other projects. Maybe a better script would have helped?<\/p>\n

\u00a0I hate to say it, but The Wachowskis really dropped the ball with The Matrix Revolutions<\/strong>. I had such high hopes for it. I figured something as cool as The Matrix would lead to something great in terms of wrapping things up. Oh well, it\u2019s not the end of the world. If it is, we can just get the Architect to reboot it again.\"\"<\/p>\n

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