Brave end to the trilogy

Rating: 8/10 (23 August 2018)

While Star Wars (through ROTJ) returned to its pre-teen fantasy nature of the 1st film, the Matrix trilogy shed that perception and instead went for a much grimmer, and realistic adult take on the hero's myth. The film is grim in nature, and deals with the realization from the last film that victory is impossible. The rest of the film is a big countdown as the humans (who are all wonderful, especially the actors from Zion like Captain Roland or Niobe) try to prepare for the big assault by the machines. The character interactions in the 1/3 point are all on point. We see the characters in their most vulnerable state trying to make it work in the face of armageddon. It all builds to a brilliant action climax that IMO has still to be surpassed even from modern films that tried to rip it off (IE: Man of Steel). This is a fantastic finale to the Matrix trilogy.