This was the worst film I saw so far this year

Rating: Null/10 (23 November 2003)

Although the Wachowskis (probably misspelled) managed to somehow captivate people with loose plot, horrible acting, and laughable philosophy, I was not not at all impressed. In fact I had thought that the Second Matrix was so bad that I wasn't planning on seeing this one. One friend, who shall remain anonymous (Mike), dragged me to the slaughterhouse on this one. The movie started with Neo trapped in some illogical place between the computer matrix and his own subconscious which seemed to me illogical and inconsistent with the rest of the Matrix movies. In the Matrix, there was clear cut reality between a fabricated computer world and real existence. In Revolutions, the Wachowskis tried to blur the lines for some mind bending purpose at which they ultimately failed miserably. Besides the omnipresent incongruities and inconsistency, there was also the philosophical bull to deal with. I tried to follow it but quickly became irritated with their "I know that you know that I know that you know" style of logic. Those unexposed to any manner of critical thinking were obviously dazzled and astounding by so many big words said so fast (dont even try to tell me that it was over my head.) Those who actually listened to the ridiculous dialogue and tried to break it down found it to be nothing more than muddy philosophical trash. Another disgusting aspect of this movie was the plot. The whole movie was a long drawn out battle scene between humans and machines in Zion. So what? The squids that pile in by the thousands are interesting for about 30 seconds before they become overkill and boring. Meanwhile, Neo is fighting Agent Smith for supremacy of the Matrix that they ultimately want to destroy, right? In another boring overkill scene, they fly around and battle with no apparent end or victor in sight. Neo who emerged as a godlike figure in the first movie, can now barely stand up to many aspects of the Matrix which just makes him a boring b-grade character. On top of this add bits and chewy chunks of corny rubbish (the kid in the robot suit, Trinity's death) and the movie has become something to scoff and roll your eyes at every few minutes. Trinity's death in particular is so cliche and and Keanu Reeves'acting is so poor that I was restraining laughter the whole scene. The topper for this horrible movie was the ending. It provided no resolution and made room for an (ack) 4th movie. Thank goodness those honorable machines hell bent on the eradication of humanity have so much integrity as to suddenly cease their attack against Zion... This movies was so anticlimatic and terrible on so many levels that I would rate it a 1 on a 1-10 scale. (the one is for the mild amusement of the special effects)