This third film has great action, but isn't quite fulfilling!

Rating: Null/10 (6 November 2003)

I just saw The Matrix: Revolutions, which is a huge improvement over the lackluster Reloaded, which opened earlier this year. However, with that being said, it's not the trilogy ender that many had hoped for! The first Matrix is by far the best science fiction film of the 1990's and even though Reloaded wasn't nearly as inventive, I did want to see what loose ends were in store for our heroes in this third and final film in the Matrix trilogy!
MILD SPOILERS AHEAD:
Highlights: The battle of Zion between the APU's and the Sentinentals is easily the best part of the film, and I actually felt sorry for Mifuni after he stood up to all of those Sentinentals, in fact I felt more emotional for the passing of his character than in the passing of a certain major female character towards the end of the film. Also, the Neo vs. Smith end battle has tremendous special effects, but we've seen it before and after the exhausting Zion battle nothing could top that! Also, interesting is the battle in Merovingian's S&M club at the beginning of the film.

However, with all of that great action, I have to say that there are some questions to be answered, as the end of the film wasn't the ending that many had hoped for and left a lot of unanswered questions. Plus the way that the Neo and Trinity characters are finalized may frustrate those who are passionate about these characters. Morpheus has little to do in this film as opposed to the action he had in Reloaded. The standout characters in my opinion were Niobe, a great pilot, Captain Mifune for standing his ground against that massive flood of sentinentals and, Seraph, who shows he can kick as much butt as Neo, Trinity, and Morpheus.
If you're looking for great action, Revolutions has the most action of the three movies, but if you're looking for a philosophical resolution to the trilogy, you may be disappointed.
A 9 on a scale of 1-10 for all of the great action.
A 3 on a scale of 1-10 for the storyline and script that we've come to love from this science fiction trilogy!
So I would round out both numbers and give it a 6 on a scale of 1-10!
With that being said, it is still THE science fiction trilogy/ franchise of the 21st century to beat!