THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS (2003)

MORGAN'S RATING

The machine army continues to drill towards Zion. Within hours, they will overrun the population of the Zionites and lay extinction to human kind. Meanwhile, Neo is held captive by the Merovingian at the train station. Trinity and Morpheus set out on a journey to release him from the mysterious train operator. Also, Agent Smith resumes his quest to kill Neo as he reveals his identity into the real world and resumes to replicate his program inside the system of The Matrix, causing it to decay.

Keanu Reeves (Thomas A. Anderson/Neo), Laurence Fishburne (Morpheus), Carrie-Anne Moss (Trinity), Hugo Weaving (Agent Smith), Jada Pinkett Smith (Niobe), Harold Perrineau Jr. (Link), Monica Bellucci (Persephone), Nona M. Gaye (Zee), Lachy Hulme (Sparks), Nathanial Lees (Mifune), Harry J. Lennix (Lock), Matt McColm (Agent Thompson), Sing Ngai (Sepaph), Genevieve O'Reilly (Officer Wirtz), Bruce Spence (Trainman), Clayton Watson (The Kid), Lambert Wilson (Merovingian), Anthony Wong (Ghost), Mary Alice (The Oracle), Tanveer Atwal (Sati), Helmut Bakaitis (The Architect), Kate Beahan (Coat Check Girl), Francine Bell (Councillor Grace), Rachel Blackman (Charra), Henry Blasingame (Deus Ex Machina, voice), Ian Bliss (Bane), Zake Castelli (Operations Officer Mattis), Sing Ngai (Seraph), Essie Davis (Maggie), Christopher Kirby (Mauser), Peter Lamb (Colt), Robert Mammone (AK).

EVERYTHING THAT HAS A BEGINNING HAS AN END.

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

DIRECTORS: Andy and Larry Wachowski (The Matrix). WRITERS: Andy and Larry Wachowski. PRODUCERS: Joel Silver and Grant Hill.  EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Bruce Berman, Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski. ORIGINAL MUSIC: Don Davis. DISTRIBUTOR: Warner Bros.

QUOTES

Agent Smith: Mr. Anderson! Welcome back, we missed you. Like what I've done with the place? Neo: It ends tonight. Agent Smith: I know it does, I've seen it. That's why the rest of me is just going to enjoy the show because we already know that I'm the one that beats you.

FACTS

RELEASE DATE: November 5th, 2003 (USA)\ DVD RELEASE DATE: April 6th, 2004 (USA) BOX OFFICE OPENING: $48.4 million (USA) BOX OFFICE RESULT: $139.2 million (USA) BUDGET: $150 million (USA) SHOOTING DATES: March 2001 -- August 2002 - Eva Mendes, Samantha Mumba, Brady and Tatyana Ali were all rumored to be possible replacements for the character of Zee. Nona M. Gaye (daughter of the late Motown legend Marvin Gaye) was eventually cast in the role. - Gloria Foster died before she could complete any scenes for the third film and Mary Alice took the role of the Oracle. - The first film to premiere in the brand new Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtime Los Angeles. - In an unprecendented simultaneous global release, this film opened at exactly the same moment in every major city in the world on November 5: 6am in LA, 9am in NYC, 2pm in London, 5pm in Moscow, 11pm in Tokyo, Iam in Sydney and at corresponding times in over 50 additional countries worldwide. - They spent two months designing the apparatus to make the perfect rain drop. - The final showdown between Smith and Neo is based on the final fight from the Korean film Injeong sajeong bol geot eobtda (1999). - In the scene where Morpheus, Trinity, and Seraph are chasing the Trainman, an advertisement for Tastee Wheat can be seen. Tastee Wheat was mentioned in The Matrix (1999) when Mouse was trying to describe the food in the real world. - The ship referred to as the Hammer was actually named the Mjolnir, after Thor's hammer. - The brand of cigarettes the Oracle smokes is "Double Destiny". - When Neo goes to see The Oracle in her apartment, the jazz standard "I'm Beginning to See the Light" is playing in the background; a different version of the same song also plays in the corresponding scene in The Matrix (1999). - While Trinity is chasing the Trainman in the subway, an advertisement for Powerade can be seen. When The Matrix Reloaded (2003) was released in theaters, Matrix-based commericals for Powerrade aired on US TV. - The black cat at the end of the film is the same one in the "deja vu" scene from The Matrix. It even meows in the same way. - Nominated for one 2004 Razzie Award for Worst Director (The Wachowski Brothers).

Ghost: Well it's nice to have something to look forward to. Niobe: Indeed it is.

The Oracle: Everything that has a beginning has an end. I see the end coming, I see the darkness spreading. I see death...And you are all that stands in his way. If you cannot stop him tonight, then I fear tomorrow will never come.

Neo: The program "Smith" has grown beyond your control. You can't stop him...but I can.

Neo: What do you want? Bane: I want what you want. Yes, that's it Mr. Anderson. Look past the flesh, look through the soft gelatin of these dull cow eyes and see your enemy.

Merovingian: Bring me the eyes of the oracle. Then I will give you back your savior.

The Oracle: Tonight, the future of both worlds will be in your hands...or in his.

Morpheus: You've never believed in The One. Niobe: I still don't. I believe in him.

Trinity: If you tell me we'll make it I'll believe you. Neo: We'll make it. We have to.

Morpheus: I don't know what he can do to save us. But I do know that as long as there is a single breath left in his body he will not give up and neither can we.

CRITICAL COMMENTS

"Conclusively proves that the Wachowskis had little substantial to add to the premise of the 1999 original." -- Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald

"The Matrix Revolutions sucks." -- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

"What is The Matrix?, the first film asked. This film answers that. The Matrix is the marketing software that encourages movies like this to be made. And it must be disabled." -- Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger

"Reloaded was certainly a lumpy, gaseous treatise of a movie, but viewers of Revolutions may find themselves looking back on it fondly." -- A.O. Scott, New York Times

"Better than Reloaded, but the thrill is gone." -- Michael Rechtshaffen, Hollywood Reporter