If you didn't like Reloaded, you won't like Revolutions...

Rating: 6/10 (4 November 2003)

I loved where The Wachowski Brothers took Reloaded and Revolutions, deciding to grow the franchise into an epic opposed to churning out serials based on the original. The Matrix Revolutions is a well crafted third act based on that direction. One of the strengths of the trilogy has been the fact that everything isn't explained through expositional dialog. A good example of this would be the Neo/Smith brawl after the Oracle in Reloaded. This scene establishes three things; that Neo is stronger than any single Smith, battling the Smith hordes is futile, and the Smith hordes will eventually win. Without this deeper meaning, the films fall apart. All the scenes I've heard people complain about have this deliberate deeper meaning. The only major shortcoming that I see in Revolutions is that it is unabashedly a third act; this film does not stand alone.