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The Matrix Revolutions What the @#$%@!? I loved The Matrix and The Matrix Reloaded, but The Matrix Revolutions is a horrifying mess of a movie. I haven't been this disappointed since prom night. Neo (Keanu Reeves), Trinity (Carrie Ann Moss) and Morpheus (Lawrence Fishburne) are back, picking up where they left off in the last film (Yes, literally where they left off. If you don't remember what happened, you're screwed). Neo finds himself trapped in a world between The Matrix and Zion after saving Trinity's life. The machines are starting to mount an all out assault against Zion to win the war between man and machine once and for all, while a bitter Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving) is becoming more powerful by the minute and poses a real threat to humans, machines and, especially, Neo. Who will win the ultimate battle? In the end, who among us will give a damn? Gone are the cool fight scenes, amazing special effects and interesting stories that we have become familiar with. Instead, The Wachowski Brothers (directors and writers of The Matrix trilogy) give us tired war battles that we have seen a zillion times before, too much attention on minor characters that we don't care about, and an anti-climactic fight scene between Neo and Agent Smith that serves as the final letdown in a movie that disappoints from moment number one. They have run out of gas and it shows. The film's ultimate disappointment is that it's not special. In the previous two films, you can pick out two or three scenes that blew your mind and made an impression on you as a viewer. Who could forget the chase along the highway in Reloaded? Or the first time Neo learns how to fight within The Matrix? However, for all of the inventiveness and revolutionary impact that The Matrix had on movies, this is a horrible ending that will serve as a blemish on its legacy. Nothing in Revolutions stands out as different, exciting, wildly original or emotionally moving. It's the most boring visually from the sets to the communist drab outfits that most characters wear to the lack of The Matrix's signature cool fight scenes. The audience is never challenged and never shown something that we haven't seen before while the script lacks the intelligence of the first two. The Matrix Revolutions is the most disappointing movie of the year. ½ Waffle (out of 4) Copyright 2003 - WaffleMovies.com
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