A lie that is bigger than the Matrix itself

Rating: 1/10 (3 January 2004)

I will start from the conclusion of it all: this movie is bad. Very, very bad. For a number of reasons, as follows.
1) It is bad for people who haven't seen The Matrix (very good indeed) nor The Matrix: Reloaded (quite bad, better best avoided). To not-enough-Matrix-educated people, this movie is completely meaningless.

2) It is bad for people who don't care about the pseudo-philosophic-religious-apocalyptic-hallucinating plot, but who are a lot into good special effects. None of the visuals that made the first Matrix a milestone in the history of SF movies is featured in the third instalment. You get a glimpse in the first ten minutes, but that's it. The rest is ugly Robocop-like machine-guns shooting and the usual metal squids. Oh, right...also an embarrassing face-to-face with a head-of-machines that reminded me of Tron (it was many many years ago...no Keanu Reeves there, but Jeff Bridges).
3) Last but definitely not least, this movie is Bad (capital B) for those who cared even a little bit for the plot. Excuse me? Did I miss anything? Wasn't the One supposed to get rid of the evil machines and destroy the matrix? The "Gran Finale" of the Matrix Revolutions simply shuns everything that was left pending at the end of the first movie of the franchise.
Shame on W. Bros. (Warner, Wachowski, please pick one): you lied to us.
But there is a bright side. Please spend five minutes of your time to browse the Web looking for comments on this movie and the entire trilogy. Great laughs are ahead, they will make the endurance test in theaters worth it.