Shockingly bad.

Rating: 4/10 (11 November 2003)

The biggest disappointment since Alien 3. Crammed with cryptic existential references that make no sense to anyone who hasn't seen the previous 2 films this movie has zero stand alone value. The main characters have diminished roles and much of the film is eaten up by a huge battle between the good humans and the bad guy sentinels that does absolutely nothing to advance the plot. Add to this a twist at the end that appears to be a setup for a fourth episode. The characters are what made the first film, and largely the second, but Revolutions is taken over by CGI effects. I could not wait for it to end. This is some of the worst writing I have seen in a big budget film. The nice the about the Star Wars or Indiana Jones series' was that they were not based on popular novels so each one could be a fairly complete film in itself. The original Matrix was this way but the Wachowskis got sidetracked with Reloaded(still very watchable)and totally lost with Revolutions. I want my $11.00 back.