Entertaining, But Not As Good As The Original

Rating: 7/10 (1 January 2014)

**This isn't a plot spoiler for Revolutions, but I'm about to talk about events that happened in the first two movies.**
Here's the situation:
1. Half a million sentinels are about to invade Zion.
2. The matrix program is about to have a catastrophic system failure because, according to the Architect, in order for humans to accept the matrix they must choose to live in the dream world, even at an unconscious level. But in the previous movie Reloaded, Neo (with guidance from the Oracle) being 'The One' who is to make that choice, decided 'nope.'
3. Agent Smith has found a way to replicate himself, and is taking over everyone's Avatar within the matrix. He has even found a way of taking over human bodies, and uses one guy to trigger an EMP that results in several of Zion's ships being destroyed along with their crews.
So its humans vs. machines vs. Agent Smith. Going into this movie, one hopes that the series will wrap up as imaginatively and interestingly as 1999's The Matrix.
It doesn't. Unfortunately, this is the least cerebral and mind bending movie in the series. There is a lot of action, and characters showcasing courage, but not many new ideas.
In the DVD extended features section, actor Lawrence Fishburne describes the movies in the Matrix trilogy like this: "The first movie is about birth, the second movie deals with life, and the third movie is about death."
Well, that seems like an oversimplification. But Lawrence Fishburne devoted years of his life working within the Matrix trilogy. So OK.
I am a big fan of the Matrix. This trilogy was my generations Star Wars. However, in my opinion Revolutions was the weakest movie in the series.