The Matrix Revolutions
November 5, 2003 in theaters
With machines drilling toward Zion and Neo trapped between worlds, the final chapter of the original trilogy drives toward a climactic confrontation between humanity's defenders, a rogue program, and the system designed to control them. The film concludes the Wachowskis' original trilogy and sets the terms for the peace that follows.
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"It ends tonight."
DID YOU KNOW?
Reloaded and Revolutions were filmed back-to-back over 270 days, one of the longest continuous shoots in Hollywood history.
THE VERDICT
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The conclusion that the trilogy required but not quite the one it deserved. Revolutions doubles down on spectacle over philosophy, and the machine war sequences -- while technically impressive -- strain under the weight of mythology the films have accumulated. The final act achieves a genuine emotional gravity that the middle chapter struggled to sustain. A flawed but earnest ending to a franchise that had set an impossibly high bar for itself.
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