Brilliant

Rating: 10/10 (15 April 2004)

As an avid fan of the Wachowski's work to date, I had high expectations for this closing chapter of the matrix trilogy. I was not dissapointed.
*Spoilers*
The Matrix Revolutions picks up exactly where Reloaded left. It continues as promised with a somewhat more lively pace. Neo and Bane (Smith's human costume) remain in coma's opposite one another on the operating tables aboard one of the ships.
We are told by the oracle that Neo's mind came to greif when he touched the machine source to stop the sentinals at the end of Reloaded, he is alive but is stuck in Limbo, half way between the machine world and the real world.
This Limbo is known as the Trainstation, and is a separate reality connected to the matrix. This station was built by a program known as the Trainman (who works for the Merovingian), it is used as a tool to bring programs into the matrix that serve no purpose that otherwise would be deleted. It is here that we meet the inquisitive little girl Sati, she is the offspring of 2 programs, Rama Kandra (seen at the restaurant in Reloaded) and his wife Kamala. At this point, we find that programs (machines) have the ability to hold human emotions, such as "love" and "Karma".
In an attempt to rescue Neo from the Trainstation Morpheus, Trinity and Seraph, have to fight through club Hell, to make a deal with the French Hades - Merovingian. It is Trinity's love for Neo that is notably pointed out by the frenchman's wife Persephone that makes the deal go through.
Neo's brief encounter with the Oracle shapes the rest of the movie, here we learn that Neo's choices were truly his own, and not shaped by fate (unlike those around him). Previous questions are answered when we re-affirm the fact that the oracle is 'The mother of the matrix', and that her role within the matrix is to unbalance the equation that is so perfectly formulated by the father of the matrix - The Architect. The oracle warns of the ever growing threat of the Program Smith, who is spreading through the matrix like a virus, and she say's to Neo "You are all that stands in his way".
Revolutions puts the pedal to the metal after Neo jacks out. Neo and Trinity take Niobe's ship to the machine City to try and strike a deal, while the rest of the crew attempt to reach Zion before it is destroyed completely. I won't spoil the end for you, however, I must say that the character Smith, really develops as the ending unfolds.
As many already know the matrix trilogy is heavily wound with philosophical underpinnings, however the entire trilogy is delivering a message that many people tend to miss. The message is that we must fight against the machine, we must think freely about the everyday choices we make, whether the machine be your government, your school or even the multinational company that pushes you into purchasing their product, you must have a mind of your own, because if you live your life doing what your government, school or multinational company tells you that you must do, then you are just another part of their system, their system is there to keep you under control in order to change you from a human being into a suburban slave.
There are many impressive action scenes in this film, and some truly beautiful artistic imagery. However, it is the sheer depth and effort that really show through, especially when you find how the story relates to many of the great religious beliefs, including biblical thought, mythological context and the mathematical reasoning used to create the Matrix system. The Wachowski brothers raised many questions within Reloaded and answered many of them in Revolutions, but this film intended to leave many of the answers out their for the interpretation of the viewer, and unfortunately there are many people and critics alike who simply cannot see past the action. Their shallowness and inability to understand the story has created a bad name for this great film. I am sure that this story is one that fans will be discussing for a long time yet, and like many other great works of art, will have different meanings for everyone who gives it some thought.

If you are one of the people who didn't like this film because you couldn't really follow the storyline, or you had difficulty finding the significance in some of the biblical like dialogue, I suggest that you ask some questions on the forums, I know that there are many intelligent answers that you can find.