Don't waste your time and money

Rating: 3/10 (23 November 2003)

I'm almost totally speechless as to how bad this film is. The first film did not leave enough of a story line to justify another film, let alone a third.
The effects are good as you would expect, but as the third and final part to a trilogy, that on its own is not good enough. The acting is as you would expect from this cast, good, but at times tending to be a little wooden. The story line is weak, and while it does follow on from the second film (Reloaded) better than that did from the original, it still feels highly disjointed. Again, like the second film, it feels very padded-out in places, almost as if they knew the basic plot was not going to be sufficient to make a complete film, and relied on the special effects to make the film worthwhile.
The ending was left vague and inconclusive leaving the possibility of turning The Matrix into a quadrilogy or even creating a second Matrix trilogy. If this is the case I for one will not be wasting my time and money on watching it.
As a stand alone film, this would have rated higher, but as the final part of the trilogy it is the biggest let down of any film series. My rating would be 3/10!