Mediocre, even for sci-fi fans

Rating: 4/10 (5 November 2003)

The Matrix fans hoping that "Revolutions" would satisfyingly conclude the trilogy are most likely going to be disappointed. We are served the same dish of pseudo-intellectual nonsense as in the predecessor, with a healthy amount of wire-action kung fu (well done, but tasted too many times before in 2003) as the main, meaty course.
The CGI is quite a bit more believable than for example the video game-like "fight against the 100 Smiths" in "Reloaded", but to yours truly all the explosions and giddy camera rushes became a bit tiresome in the long run, although impressive.
When the Wachowski bros want to show human emotion, my shoes were on the brink of ripping apart, so hard was I bending my toes. I guess the audience was supposed to be moved during one of the final - and among other overlong - scenes (spaceship, Neo and Trinity spill their bitter tears). Me, I sighed, even though usually, it's not very hard to make my eyes water in the theatre. Phoney, phoney, phoney.
The end did not exclude the possibility of a Matrix IV (or even V and VI - I wouldn't be surprised); that money could be better spent. All in all: the first Matrix was a smash hit, and deservedly so. The next two movies should be ignored by all other than die hard sci-fi fans. And you sci-fi freaks out there, you're gonna go see it, anyway, of course - just as I would've done, even if I read my own review beforehand.
Mark: 5.5 of 10, because the reviewer is a fan of the genre.