Finding Neo

Rating: Null/10 (10 November 2003)

THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS (2003) *** Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Laurence Fishburne, Hugo Weaving, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Mary Alice, Harry Lennix, Sing Ngai, David Roberts, Harold Perrineau, Jr., Nona Gaye, Ian Bliss, Bruce Spence, Lambert Wilson, Monica Bellucci, Clayton Watson, Essie Davis, Tanveer Atwal, Helmut Bakaitis, Cornel West, Anthony Zerbe.
Visually stunning yet a bit disappointing and a tad hard-to-keep tabs with final chapter in the blockbuster iconoclastic revisionist sci-fi fantasy adventure in the franchise with Neo finally facing his ultimate challenge as The One in the rebellion of humankind against the machines with a lot at stake. Although chock-block with some decent choreographed action sequences (the final confrontation with arch nemesis, Agent Smith (Weaving at his silky nastiest), makes the Superman-General Zod clash in SUPERMAN II look like a tickle/slap fight) the penultimate 20 minute sentinel attack is very exhausting (and frustrating since it's dimly lit in a metallic grey overcast to the proceedings at hand with its orgasmic explosive skirmish : think robotic swarm of killer bees!) and the human element is all but neglected for the most part. Still kudos to The Wachowski Brothers for their groundbreaking zeitgeist incorporating a graphic novel cum philosophy lesson for the ages.