The Matrix: Revolutions

Release Date: November 5, 2003
(Theatrical & IMAX release)
Studio: Warner Bros.
Director: Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski 
Screenwriter: Andy and Larry Wachowski
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Monica Bellucci, Daniel Bernhardt, Jada Pinkett Smith, Matt McColm, Harold Perrineau Jr., Harry Lennix, Stuart Wells
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
MPAA Rating: R (for sci-fi violence and brief sexual content)
Official Website: WhatistheMatrix.WarnerBros.com

Plot Summary: In "The Matrix Revolutions," the final chapter in the "Matrix" trilogy, the rebels' long quest for freedom culminates in a final explosive battle. As the Machine Army wages devastation on Zion, its citizens mount an aggressive defense -- but can they stave off the relentless swarm of Sentinels long enough for Neo to harness the full extent of his powers and end the war?

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Reviewed by Peter Veugelaers © 2003
- Who said they don't make 'em like they used to?

In the first Matrix film the nature of what we perceive as real is questioned. There is a world that exists beyond the confines of the natural world and daily chaos (and the daily grind of Neo’s work station). It is the real world, a kind of plateau psychotic experience that lifts oneself out of existence, as it is commonly known, to a place where a higher level of understanding is offered but where sanity is at risk – perhaps where sanity is needing to be risked as this could be a construct of the matrix, a world of calculated control.

Salvation from this world called the matrix, which would appear normal on the surface, is predicted by the prophet-figure Morpheus (Fishburne) who heralds the Saviour-figure Neo – who is from the artificial world - to redeem their world from the control of the false, contrived one. Surrounding this basic premise are other metaphysical ideas about choice and predestination, fate and chance, which are thought provoking themes on the mechanics behind life. The Matrix trilogy concludes in "Matrix Revolutions" by saying life is what you make it – the way out of the matrix is in believing, the power of such belief can move mountains and change the world.....more

Reviewed by John Barker © 2003
- Almost phony baloney

After the disappointment of The Matrix Reloaded the general viewing public had a lot of hope for this final part of this multi-media revolution but their faith is wasted as directors the Wachowski Brothers have managed to turn their finally tuned science fiction vehicle into a rusty old banger.

Narratively speaking Revolutions ties up most of the lose ends left by the second film as Neo, (Keanu Reeves), carries on his quest to deconstruct the Matrix and free mankind from the hold of the machines that have encased them in biological and psychological prisons. The much anticipated invasion of Zion occurs as the machine’s drills finally reach the centre of the earth and penetrate the last human city and of course there is the requisite large battle which will decide the fate of humanity. These sequences never fail to impress but are hardly a cut above the usual Hollywood humdrum.....more

The Matrix: Revolutions
If you can beat the 'Enter the Matrix' videogame, you're rewarded with a special teaser of this final movie made especially for the game. Or, you can go over to ComingSoon.net and watch the teaser