The Matrix Revolutions

Story

Despite the inevitable law of diminishing returns, The Matrix Revolutions is quite satisfying as an adrenalized action epic, marking yet another milestone in the exponential evolution of computer-generated special effects. That may not be enough to satisfy hardcore Matrix fans who turned the Wachowski Brothers' hacker mythology into a quasi-religious pop-cultural phenomenon, but there's no denying that the trilogy goes out with a cosmic bang instead of the whimper that many expected. Picking up precisely where The Matrix Reloaded left off, this 130-minute finale finds Neo (Keanu Reeves) at a virtual junction, defending the besieged human enclave of Zion by confronting the attacking machines on their home turf, while humans combat swarms of tentacled mechanical sentinels as Zion's fate lies in the balance. It all amounts to a blaze of CGI glory, devoid of all but the shallowest emotions, and so full of metaphysical hokum that the trilogy's detractors can gloat with I-told-you-so sarcasm. And yet, Revolutions still succeeds as a slick, exciting hybrid of cinema and video game, operating by its own internal logic with enough forward momentum to make the whole trilogy seem like a thrilling, magnificent dream. -- Jeff Shannon

DVD Features

• Documentaries: Revolutions Recalibrated: The making of the movie, including a segment on "Neo Realism: The Evolution of Bullet Time"
  
• Featurette: Super Burly Brawl: Behind the final Neo/Smith showdown, including the segments Double Agent Smith and Mind Over Matter: The Physicality of The Matrix
  
• Future Gamer: The Matrix Online: an introduction to the massively mulit-player game

Cast

Keanu Reeves	Neo
Laurence Fishburne	Morpheus
Carrie-Anne Moss	Trinity
Hugo Weaving	Agent Smith
Nathaniel Lees	Mifune
Jada Pinkett Smith	Niobe
Harry Lennix	Lock
Harold Perrineau	Link
Mary Alice	The Oracle
Helmut Bakaitis	The Architect
Lambert Wilson	Merovingian
Monica Bellucci	Persephone
Bruce Spence	Trainman