Better than "Reloaded", but still a disappointment

Rating: 3/10 (28 September 2005)

So here it is - the end of the trilogy, the final part of the Matrix-saga. And? Well, it's better than "Reloaded", but still a disappointment. Like "Reloaded", "Revolutions" has an overabundance of special effects, fighting scenes and action. There's plenty of lame one-liners, ridiculous pompous speeches, exaggerated situations, and actually quite bad acting. It feels like the directors put the actors/acting in the backseat so they could concentrate on blam-blam, kick-punch, fire-boom etc. Again, a big mistake. What makes "Revolutions" slightly better than "Reloaded" is that there is at least some kind of storyline going on, that isn't completely lost in fx etc. It progresses slowly, and is a lot weaker than in the first "Matrix", but at least there's a shred of effort here, probably just because they realized that they had to bring it all to an end. And that's what they do. Considering how strong "Matrix" was, and the material/storyline that was introduced there and that they had to base parts 2 & 3 on, they've done a lousy job continuing the tale. It could've been excellent all the way through, but isn't. Not by a long shot. I'm not gonna go into details about the story, poor acting and so on. If I did, this commentary would be a mile long. I'll just say this: You guys messed it up royally. Thanks a lot.