This movie lacked the philosophical content and action development of the first.

Rating: Null/10 (17 May 2003)

At the end of The Matrix, we see Neo with amazing new abilities that were developed throughout the movie. In Revolutions we see Neo still doing the hand-to-hand combat that he's done before. This time, it gets old.
The new "bad guys" were more interesting in the trailer. None of them were a big threat in the movie. It was almost as if the makers of Reloaded were saying, "Hey! Look at this new line up of bad guys. If you buy the video game you can fight them too!" None of the evil characters were developed enough to make me fear them much. And Agent Smith... (SPOILER ALERT!) So, there are a lot of him now and he's unplugged. Why should I worry? Neo still kicks his butt. The one character that seemed to pose any real threat is the agent that goes through the phone and is opposite Neo at the end of the film. But this threat is left to the imagination of the viewer.
Romance? Well that's debatable. If you want to go straight to Neo and Trinity having sex from the first movie then that's it. Their relationship is sadly underdeveloped.
Summary: Overall this movie was a disappointment because I was hoping to see my favorite hero continue to grow not only in his amazing abilities, but also in his role as "The One." I was grossly disappointed because what I saw ended up being more like a video game with different levels to pass than a story with actual deep development. Neo would get past one threat and use the same tricks to pass the next. The philosophical content of the first movie just isn't there. I want to grow with the characters and feel the tension of change - not watch them use similar Kung Fu moves over and over.