Love or hate Reloaded, this completes the sequel and the series- so see it

Rating: Null/10 (5 November 2003)

Thank Christ I was too busy to look at anything about the film before I was sat there watching it, given reports of negative reviews (I never listen to critics anymore, I can make up my own mind and everyone's a critic with the Internet now!) It does come across as the other half from Reloaded, the fight scenes invoking elements and memories of all three parts of the trilogy while adding their own strand at the same time.
Suffice to say that there are only two really ugly cliched moments that stand out and took me out of the film and luckily they were followed by action scenes to quickly get me back. Unlike LXG and Star Wars Clones, the fight scene that looks like a computer game in Revolutions is still enjoyable to watch, and CGI does not cheat you out of seeing great close-up action and death. If they got this scene right as a videogame then it would be the best sci-fi co-op first person action title since Serious Sam 1 and 2. Sadly you'll have to watch the film to get my meaning, no spoilers as promised!
Mary Alice, replacing the late Gloria Foster as The Oracle was spookily accurate with the voice- unless it was the original actress dubbed onto hers. Good touch and good acting however they did it.
This is the "Return Of The Jedi" kind of sequel- but with sentimentality taking the place of the Ewoks. Then again if your world was in danger of ending, lots of trite human emotions are probably what you'd come out with. It's mostly tighter, not strolling around in love with its own intellectual self-satisfaction as much as Reloaded.
The final fight has shades of Kill Bill in its styling, which I'm sure is accidental, or a result of QT's devotion to Hong Kong/Asian action cinema.- or just Yuen Wo Ping's general genius. Nice move anyway. And requiring the audience to use their imagination at the end...(or just remember one scene from Reloaded which may explain it)- great way to just leave people hanging.
Look you've seen the other two, this is the biggest thing out before Return Of The King. Just see it, IMO it defies commonsense not to round off the series. I think it's great, and will probably catch it a couple more times on my UGC Subscription Card because that would make it free to me after the second viewing (in the UK). Even if you hate it, these are big-screen movies, so see them where you'll enjoy them best. It was also great to be watching a heavily promoted Hollywood film at the same time as America for a change. Hopefully this trend will continue as well!