The weakest in the Trilogy

Rating: 5/10 (6 October 2007)

This Matrix chapter was the most disappointing ever. In the first, we are left wondering what will happen to humankind after Neo finds out his true powers. In the second, we are left betrayed after finding out Neo isn't really "the One", but "the Sixth", and what will happen when he and the agent Smith possessed Bane next to him wake up. But this one, apparently wrapping it all up, almost makes no sense. As I was watching the "How It should have ended", several arguments were really right. If you're going to resurrect somebody, don't kill him again! There were good things, as always. Good effects, just OK. Nothing more. As the battle sequence fan that I am, I was thrilled watching the soldier machines we got a glimpse of in Reloaded, busting caps on the sentinels' asses while defending Zion. Davis does it again, and finally we can hear almost everyone of his cues on the soundtrack. Unfortunately, this time he makes a more generic music, though I liked Trinity Definitely and Navras. It was interesting how the Matrix no longer was the main scenery, having all of the action passed to Zion, so the title "The Matrix" no longer works. Yet,I found really bad things, too. More than before, than ever. First of all, the grand climatic fight. Neo vs. Smith. What a screwup! The Burly Brawl from Reloaded was a great idea, but they should have saved it for the last. After seeing countless Smith clones overwhelming Neo, saving himself by pure chance, you might think. "Next time it's going to be worse!" Well, it doesn't. When the whole Matrix is possessed by Smith, Neo fights only ONE, while the others are around just watching. And then, the fight goes extremely long and more over the top than ever, with no real conclusion. The ending was the worst. Neo dies (again), and when Mankind had lost thousands of lives to defend and eliminate the machines that have overrun them years before, by the will of Deus Ex-Machina, machines no longer hunt down humans. You might expect for the Matrix to be destroyed or something, and men would finally be free from that fake Wonderworld, but they don't. Machines simply don't hate humans anymore. WHAT THE HELL! So basically, we are left with the conclusion that Smith was the real enemy, even to the machines. So, "the enemy of my enemy becomes my friend". This totally proves that the Wachowski Brothers don't check and read their own scripts.
Stupid and pointless. Not even the effects were better than any previous two. The only productive asset for the weakest chapter in the Matrix Trilogy is only closure, and not a very satisfying one actually.