The Ultimate Battle Between Good and Evil

Rating: 9/10 (13 November 2003)

"The Matrix Revolutions" was everything anyone could want out of a conclusion and maybe more.
**CONTAINS SPOILERS**
While it had its problems, (Personally, the Agent Smith clone in the real world was unneeded to a vast extent, but oh well.) it also succeeded on more levels than I could have imagined it would. Sure, I've only seen it once, but I feel once is enough to write a favorable review for a very superior movie. The Wachowski brothers have taken the audience from a real fake world where everything is created to control to a war in which the entire human race's fate depends. If you think you can do this while putting in all the faith, religion, action, and personal emotion they have you can kiss my a$$ because it's almost impossible. And because it is nearly impossible a few rough spots and problems are expected and easily over looked.
"Revolutions" is more of a war movie that anything. While it was the technical explanations, religious references, and faith based choices that made the entire series so different, the attack on Zion and the battle that occurred was the heart of the film and was an absolutely stunning sight. Swarms of sentinels moving in huge, organized pods only to be eliminated by bastions of human looking robots all taking place in the surrealistic environment known as Zion is really a breath taking sight. While it could have obviously been longer, what was there was beautiful and well done. The personal hero aspect of war was also done well here and fit in nicely with the pinnacle hero theme that has come to be the only linking string between all the stories going on in the Matrix universe.
Just like "Reloaded," Neo is not really the main focus of the film; the people stuck in Zion fighting off the machines takes the forefront here. These are characters that were introduced in "Reloaded," but never really expanded upon and any scene with Morpheus in it is always good. The feeling of how small the people are compared to the machines is really showcased by the way they have to destroy the drill machines and how there are like 15 sentinels for every human. The Zion battle scene was executed flawlessly and the minor characters that were brought the fore front was a nice touch to show that everyone was fighting their own personal battle as well as the major one.
Aside from the Zion battle, the rest of the movie exists to explain why the ending worked and why it ended the way it did. The existence of another place between the real world and the Matrix is also intriguing, but sadly the Merovingian is not used as much as he should be, but they had to put a lot into this movie so this is understandable. To fully understand the ending I will need to watch the movie more times, but I felt that the ending fit the trilogy and did not feel cheated nor rewarded.
To fully understand "Revolutions" you have to look at the name. The word it plural, so that means there are more than just one revolution, or change, on the movie. Obviously, the freeing of the Matrix was the biggest one, but there were many more that I cannot get into because of the room I have.
The entire series boils down to this: The ultimate battle between good and evil. While in modern day this would be if Jesus Christ manifested himself to battle Satan who also manifested himself. In the Matrix it is Neo (Christ) who enters the Matrix one last time to battle Smith (Satan) to the death... And to the death he fights. While the final battle was very short and not that spectacular, perhaps this was more symbolism in how the final battle between our personal good and evils is or will be relatively short. Either way, the ending was satisfying and was the most logical for the series.
This is definitely a trilogy that will stand strong for years to come and gain power as it ages. "The Matrix" is the premiere episode that started it all and set the scene. "Reloaded" expanded the Matrix and, in time, may be seen as the better movie and "Revolutions" ended what obviously needed an end... A perfect trilogy down to the letter.
"The Matrix": 10 "The Matrix: Reloaded": 8 "The Matrix: Revolutions": 9