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| director = [[The Wachowskis]]<!--Do not change without consensus. See [[Talk:The Matrix (franchise)#Request for Comment - Crediting The Wachowskis]]. -->{{efn|name=Credited|Credited as ''The Wachowski Brothers''.}}
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writer =[[Andy Wachowski]],<br>[[Larry Wachowski]] |
| producer = [[Joel Silver]]
| writer = The Wachowskis
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| based_on = [[List of Matrix series characters|Characters]]<br />by The Wachowskis
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* [[Keanu Reeves]]
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* [[Laurence Fishburne]]
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* [[Carrie-Anne Moss]]
runtime =129 min. |
* [[Hugo Weaving]]
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* [[Jada Pinkett Smith]]
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budget =$110,000,000 (estimated) |
| music = [[Don Davis (composer)|Don Davis]]
| cinematography = [[Bill Pope]]
| editing = [[Zach Staenberg]]
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* [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]
* [[Village Roadshow Pictures]]
* NPV Entertainment
* [[Silver Pictures]]
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| distributor = Warner Bros. Pictures
| released = {{Film date|2003|11|05|}}
| runtime = 129 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 128:48--><ref>{{cite web |title=The Matrix Revolutions |url=http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/matrix-revolutions-2003 |publisher=[[British Board of Film Classification]] |access-date=September 15, 2013}}</ref>
| country = United States<ref name="Lumiere">{{cite web |title=''The Matrix Revolutions'' (2003) |url=http://lumiere.obs.coe.int/web/film_info/?id=20284 |work=[[Lumiere (website)|Lumiere]] |access-date=November 22, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Matrix Revolutions, The|url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/452404/Matrix-Revolutions-The/|website=tcm.com|publisher=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=June 29, 2020}}</ref>
| language = English
| budget = $110–150 million<ref name="Allmovie (2010, The Matrix Revolutions)" /><ref name="Mojo" />
| gross = $427 million<ref name="Mojo">{{cite web |title=The Matrix Revolutions (2003) |url= https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0242653/?ref_=bo_se_r_4 |publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=February 13, 2015}}</ref>
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'''''The Matrix Revolutions''''' is a 2003 American [[science fiction film|science fiction]] [[action film]] written and directed by [[the Wachowskis]].{{efn|name=Credited}}<!--Do not change without consensus. See [[Talk:The Matrix (franchise)#Request for Comment - Crediting The Wachowskis]]. --> It is the third <!-- Please do not add "and final"; this is self-explanatory --> installment in [[The Matrix (franchise)|''The Matrix'' film series]], released six months following ''[[The Matrix Reloaded]]''. The film stars [[Keanu Reeves]], [[Laurence Fishburne]], [[Carrie-Anne Moss]], [[Hugo Weaving]], [[Jada Pinkett Smith]], [[Monica Bellucci]], [[Lambert Wilson]], and [[Mary Alice]] who replaced [[Gloria Foster]] as the [[Oracle (The Matrix)|Oracle]] following Foster's death in 2001.
'''''The Matrix Revolutions''''' is the third [[film]] in the [[Matrix trilogy]]. The film, a combination of philosophy and action like its predecessors, sought to conclude the questions raised in the previous film, ''[[The Matrix Reloaded]]''.


The film was written and directed by the [[Wachowski brothers]]. It was released simultaneously in sixty countries on [[November 5]], [[2003]]. This was the first time a Hollywood film opened in [[India]] at the same time as the rest of the world. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3238017.stm] It was also the first film to be released simultaneously in regular and [[IMAX]] theaters. The Wachowski brothers were present in [[Tokyo]] at the opening of the movie, as were stars [[Keanu Reeves]] and [[Jada Pinkett Smith]].
The film was released simultaneously in 108 territories on November 5, 2003, by [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]. While being the final entry in the original trilogy of the series, the ''Matrix'' storyline was continued in ''[[The Matrix Online]]'' video game. ''The Matrix Revolutions'' was the first live-action feature film to be released in both regular and [[IMAX]] theaters at the same time. It grossed $427 million worldwide, making it [[2003 in film|the eighth-highest-grossing film of 2003]]. The film received mixed reviews on [[Metacritic]] and negative reviews on [[Rotten Tomatoes]], which criticized it for focusing on special effects over characterization.


A fourth film, titled ''[[The Matrix Resurrections]]'', began production in February 2020 and was released on December 22, 2021.
In [[Moscow]], the film's premiere was accompanied by a demonstration organized by the [[Komsomol|youth wing]] of the [[Russian Communist Party]] who welcomed the film as an allegory for [[Communism]]. [http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_836226.html]


==Plot==
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Many scholars and philosophers received the films in high praise of its conceptual complexity, stating that the sequels had now expanded on the "simple dualism" of the first film and turned the trilogy into "complex literature" ([[Ken Wilber]]) with the sequels. Despite generally poor reception from film critics, however, ''The Matrix Revolutions'' broke box-office records for its opening weekend, grossing $48.5 million in its first five days of release in the US. It had a weaker opening than its predecessor that some have attributed to a more subdued marketing campaign in comparison to the Summer blockbuster event, ''[[The Matrix Reloaded]]''. Its earnings also dropped over 70% in its second week which is perhaps owing to the alternative nature of the film and subsequent lack of satisfaction from the general moviegoing audience.
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Picking up immediately where ''Reloaded'' ended, [[Neo (The Matrix)|Neo]] and [[Bane (The Matrix)|Bane]] still lie unconscious in the medical bay of the ship ''Mjolnir''. Inside the Matrix, Neo is trapped in a [[subway station]] named Mobil Ave, a [[limbo|transition zone]] between the Matrix and the machine world. He meets a "family" of programs, including a girl named Sati. The "father" tells Neo the subway is controlled by the Trainman, a program loyal to the [[Merovingian (The Matrix)|Merovingian]]. When Neo tries to board a train with the family, the Trainman refuses and overpowers him.


[[Seraph (The Matrix)|Seraph]] contacts [[Morpheus (The Matrix)|Morpheus]] and [[Trinity (The Matrix)|Trinity]] on behalf of the [[Oracle (The Matrix)|Oracle]], who informs them of Neo's confinement. Seraph, Morpheus and Trinity enter [[Club Hel]], where they confront the Merovingian and force him to release Neo. Troubled by visions of the Machine City, Neo visits the Oracle, who reveals that [[Agent Smith|Smith]] intends to destroy both the Matrix and the real world. She tells him that "everything that has a beginning has an end." After Neo leaves, a large group of Smiths assimilates Sati and Seraph. The Oracle does not resist assimilation, and Smith gains her powers of [[precognition]].
The trilogy of movies has received the recognition of scholars, [[cyberpunk]] and [[science fiction]] enthusiasts, philosophy enthusiasts, workers in the artificial intelligence community, and general fans and film fans alike. Many are interested in discovering what they believe to be the hidden meanings embedded within the content of three "complex" films that have been recognised to use their scenario to raise questions considered to be of great relevance to modern and post-modern society (see external links). The films are respected by many as cinematic works that are as significant as works of science fiction by renowned cinematic artisans like [[Stanley Kubrick]].


In the real world, the crews of the ''[[Nebuchadnezzar (The Matrix)|Nebuchadnezzar]]'' and the ''Mjolnir'' find and reactivate [[Niobe (The Matrix)|Niobe's]] ship, the ''Logos''. They interrogate Bane, who says that he has no recollection of the earlier massacre. As the captains plan their defense of Zion, Neo requests a ship to travel to the Machine City. Motivated by her [[Enter the Matrix|encounter with the Oracle]], Niobe offers him the ''Logos''. Neo departs, accompanied by Trinity. Bane, who has stowed away on the ''Logos'', takes Trinity hostage. Neo realizes that Bane has been assimilated by Smith, and a fight ensues. Bane burns Neo's eyes with a power cable, blinding him. Neo discovers that he can still "see" machine source code in the real world and uses this ability to kill Bane. Trinity pilots them to the Machine City.
''The Matrix Revolutions'' ultimately grossed $139 million at the US [[box office]] altogether and $456 million worldwide. This is roughly half of ''The Matrix Reloaded'' box-office total. ''The Matrix Revolutions'' did extremely well in [[DVD]] and [[VHS]] rentals and sales in [[April 2004|April]] of [[2004]].
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Niobe and Morpheus rush toward Zion in the ''Mjolnir'' to aid the human defenses. Zion's shipyard is overwhelmed by a horde of Sentinels, and the fatally wounded [[Captain Mifune]] instructs [[List of Matrix series characters#Kid|Kid]] to open the gate for the ''Mjolnir'', which he does with the aid of [[List of Matrix series characters#Zee|Zee]]. When it arrives, it discharges its [[Electromagnetic pulse|EMP]], disabling all the Sentinels present but also Zion's remaining defenses. The humans are forced to retreat and wait for the next attack, thinking it will be their last stand.
==Plot==
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The film's events immediately follow those of ''[[The Matrix Reloaded]]'' and assume familiarity with the story of the last two films.


The ''Logos'' is attacked by a wave of machines outside of the Machine City. To avoid the onslaught, they fly above them to open sky, and then crash into a building, fatally wounding Trinity. Neo enters the Machine City and encounters the leadership of the machines in the form of the "[[Deus Ex Machina]]." Neo warns that Smith plans to conquer both the Matrix and the real world and offers to stop Smith in exchange for peace with Zion. The Deus Ex Machina agrees, and the Sentinels shut down, stopping the attack on Zion.
The revelation has been made that Neo is not the One of the prophecy. Having rejected the system of recycling the systematic errors of the Matrix program (Neo's intended function), Smith is left free to destroy the Matrix and soon the Source/machine city itself, while the pending invasion of Zion means that all life - both human and machine - is facing extinction.


The Machines plug Neo into the Matrix, whose population has now been entirely assimilated by Smith. The Smith with the Oracle's powers steps forth, telling Neo that he has foreseen his victory against Neo. After a protracted fight, Neo appears to concede defeat and allows himself to be assimilated. Outside the Matrix, the machines send a surge of energy into Neo's body, which inside the Matrix causes the Neo-Smith clone, then all the other Smith clones, to be destroyed, restoring the Oracle and killing Neo. The Sentinels withdraw from Zion, Morpheus and Niobe embrace, and Neo's body is carried away by the machines.
Having no more 'use' as it were, Neo must now grapple with what he can do to change things not as a messiah, but as a man.


The Matrix is rebooted, and the Architect meets the Oracle in a park. They agree that the peace will last "as long as it can" and that those humans who desire it will be offered the opportunity to leave the Matrix. The Oracle tells Sati (who created a beautiful sunrise for Neo) that she thinks they will see Neo again. Seraph asks the Oracle if she knew this would happen. She replies that she did not know, but she believed.
Bane and [[Neo (Matrix character)|Neo]] are both [[comatose]]. [[Morpheus (Matrix character)|Morpheus]] is now depressed and dispirited after the destruction of the ''[[Nebuchadnezzar (ship)|Nebuchadnezzar]]'' and after discovering the true nature of the Prophecy at the end of the last film. He starts a search for Neo, who he believes could be present in the Matrix while not being "jacked in". Neo is in fact trapped in [[limbo]]: a [[subway station]] named Mobil Avenue that is a transition zone between the Matrix and the Source. At the station, Neo meets a 'family' of programs, who tell him that Mobil Avenue is controlled by [[The Trainman (Matrix character)|the Trainman]], a program who is in turn loyal only to the [[Merovingian (Matrix character)|Merovingian]].
[[Image:Merovingianred.JPG|left|thumb|The Merovingian and Persephone]]
[[Seraph (Matrix character)|Seraph]] contacts Morpheus on behalf of the [[Oracle (Matrix character)|Oracle]], now resident in a different "shell" (in reality, actress [[Gloria Foster]], who played the Oracle in the first two films, died before the completion of the third and was replaced by actress [[Mary Alice]]). The Oracle informs Morpheus and [[Trinity (Matrix character)|Trinity]] of Neo's captivity. Seraph, Morpheus and Trinity pursue the Trainman, but he evades them. The trio enters [[Club Hel]] to confront the Merovingian in an effort to secure Neo's release. After the Merovingian demands "the eyes of the Oracle" in exchange for Neo's release, Trinity provokes a gigantic [[Mexican standoff]], forcing the Merovingian to release Neo.


==Cast==
Troubled by new visions of the machine city, Neo decides to visit the Oracle before returning to the real world. She informs him that as the One, his powers extend beyond the world of the Matrix. She says that his abilities are actually rooted in a connection with the Source, and because the Matrix is derived from the Source, he has power within the Matrix as a result of that. She characterises [[Agent Smith]], also growing in power, as his exact opposite, and elaborates on the relationship between herself and the [[Architect (Matrix character)|Architect]] (Tellingly, each of them ejects an exasperated "Please!" when Neo asks them about the other). She also tells Neo cryptically that "everything that has a beginning has an end", and warns that the threat of Smith's power extends not only to the Matrix but to the Source - as the Source's hardware exists in the real world, so too does Neo's influence. The Oracle states that the war is about to end "one way or the other".
{{castlist|
* [[Keanu Reeves]] as [[Neo (The Matrix)|Neo]]
* [[Laurence Fishburne]] as [[Morpheus (The Matrix)|Morpheus]]
* [[Carrie-Anne Moss]] as [[Trinity (The Matrix)|Trinity]]
* [[Hugo Weaving]] as [[Agent Smith|Smith]]
* [[Jada Pinkett Smith]] as [[Niobe (The Matrix)|Niobe]]
* [[Monica Bellucci]] as [[Persephone (The Matrix)|Persephone]]
* [[Lambert Wilson]] as the Merovingian
* [[Mary Alice]]{{efn|[[Gloria Foster]], who played the Oracle in the first two films, died before the completion of her filming for the third.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/05/theater/gloria-foster-stage-actress-is-dead-at-64.html|title=Gloria Foster, Stage Actress, Is Dead at 64|last=McKinley|first=Jesse|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=October 5, 2001|access-date=January 26, 2015}}</ref> She was replaced by [[Mary Alice]]. Her changed appearance is addressed in the film's plot.}} as the [[The Oracle (The Matrix)|Oracle]]
* [[Helmut Bakaitis]] as the Architect
* [[Harold Perrineau]] as Link
* Tanveer K. Atwal as Sati
* [[Bernard White (actor)|Bernard White]] as Rama Kandra
* [[Collin Chou]] as Seraph
* [[Nona Gaye]] as Zee
* [[Gina Torres]] as Cas
* [[Bruce Spence]] as the Trainman
* [[Ian Bliss]] as Bane
* [[Harry Lennix]] as Commander Lock
* [[Anthony Zerbe]] as Councillor Hamann
* [[Nathaniel Lees]] as Captain Mifune
* [[Clayton Watson]] as Kid
* [[Cornel West]] as Councillor West
* [[David Roberts (Australian actor)|David Roberts]] as Captain Roland
* [[Anthony Brandon Wong|Anthony Wong]] as Ghost
* [[Tharini Mudaliar]] as Kamala
* Henry Blasingame <small>([[motion capture]])</small> as Deus Ex Machina
** [[Kevin Michael Richardson]] as the voice of Deus Ex Machina
* [[Robert Mammone]] as AK
* [[Genevieve O’Reilly]] as Officer Wirtz
}}


==Production==
After Neo takes leave of the Oracle, an army of Smiths arrive, who succesfully assimilate the unresisting Oracle, giving Smith her powers of [[precognition]]. (It is theorized that this assimilation gave Smith the physical strength and speed to contend with Neo, but this idea can be neither refuted nor confirmed within the movie's context.)
The film's budget was estimated between [[United States dollar|US$]]110 million<ref name="Allmovie (2010, The Matrix Revolutions)">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-matrix-revolutions-v282917|title=The Matrix Revolutions (2003) – Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski – Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related – AllMovie|website=AllMovie|access-date=October 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100425055503/http://www.allmovie.com/work/the-matrix-revolutions-282917 |archive-date=April 25, 2010}}</ref> and $150 million.<ref name="Mojo"/>


[[Principal photography|Filming]] occurred concurrently with its predecessor, ''[[The Matrix Reloaded]]'', and live-action sequences for the [[video game]] ''[[Enter the Matrix]]''. This took place primarily at Fox Studios in [[Sydney]], [[Australia]]. Most notably, the subway scenes were filmed at the disused tunnels of [[St James railway station, Sydney|St James railway station]], and the end sequence with the Oracle and the Architect was filmed in the [[Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney|Royal Botanic Garden]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/05/10/1052280481280.html|title=Sydney sci-fi fans rush to re-enter the Matrix|last=Sams|first=Christine|work=[[The Sun-Herald]]|date=May 11, 2003|access-date=January 26, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2003/02/12/enter-the-matrix-aims-to-open-a-new-game-era-2/|title='Enter the Matrix' aims to open a new game era|last=Buchanan|first=Levi|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=February 12, 2003|access-date=January 26, 2015}}</ref> Carrie-Anne Moss injured her ankle during the shooting in Australia.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Alana|title=Carrie Anne Moss: The Matrix Revolutions interview|date=November 3, 2003|publisher=[[BBC]]|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2003/11/03/carrie_anne_moss_the_matrix_revolutions_interview.shtml|access-date=September 3, 2017}}</ref>
In the real world, meanwhile, the remaining crew of the ''Nebuchadnezzar'' and the ''Hammer'' encounter [[Niobe (Matrix character)|Niobe]]'s ship, the ''Logos,'' and its crew. They successfully reactivate the deactivated ship and begin to interrogate the now awakened Bane, who apparently has no memory of the events of the earlier battle.


===Soundtrack===
After contemplating his visions, Neo announces that he needs a ship to travel to the Machine City, although he cannot explain why at the moment. Roland, the ''Hammer'''s captain, refuses him, but Niobe lets him take the ''Logos.'' Trinity decides to accompany Neo.
{{main|The Matrix Revolutions: Music from the Motion Picture}}
In contrast to its predecessors, very few "source" tracks are used in the film. Aside from [[Don Davis (composer)|Don Davis]]' score, again collaborating with [[Juno Reactor]], only one external track (by [[Pale 3]]) is used. Although Davis rarely focuses on strong melodies, familiar [[leitmotif]]s from earlier in the series reappear. For example, Neo and Trinity's love theme—which briefly surfaces in the two preceding films—is finally fully expanded into "Trinity Definitely"; the theme from the Zion docks in ''Reloaded'' returns as "Men in Metal", and the energetic drumming from the ''Reloaded'' tea house fight between Neo and Seraph opens "Tetsujin", as Seraph, Trinity and Morpheus fight off Club Hel's three doormen. The climactic battle theme, named "Neodämmerung" (in reference to [[Richard Wagner|Wagner]]'s ''[[Götterdämmerung]]''), features a choir singing extracts ([[shlokas]]) from the [[Pavamana Mantra]], introduced in the [[Upanishad]]s. The chorus can be roughly translated from [[Sanskrit]] as follows: "lead us from untruth to truth, lead us from darkness to light, lead us from death to immortality, peace peace peace". The extracts were brought to Davis by the Wachowskis when he informed them that it would be wasteful for such a large choir to be singing simple "ooh"s and "aah"s (according to the DVD commentary, Davis felt that the dramatic impact of the piece would be lost if the choir was to sing 'This is the one, see what he can do' in plain English). These extracts return in the film's denouement, and in ''Navras'', the track that plays over the closing credits (which may be considered a loose [[remix]] of "Neodämmerung").


==Release==
The two remaining crews plan to return to [[Zion (The Matrix)|Zion]] and avoid the Sentinel army by piloting the ''Hammer'' through a series of nearly unnavigable service tunnels. Shortly after departing, the ''Hammer's'' crew discover that Bane has murdered a crewmember and has hidden aboard the ''Logos,'' but they are unable to return to warn Trinity and Neo.
''The Matrix Revolutions'' was released in theaters roughly three weeks after ''The Matrix Reloaded'' arrived on [[DVD]], on October 14, 2003.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Kipnis|first=Jill|date=March 1, 2003|title=Blockbuster sales ensure DVD's sales saga|pages=1, 66|magazine=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OA8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA66|access-date=February 12, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Matrix Reloaded DVD Release Date October 14, 2003|url=https://www.dvdsreleasedates.com/movies/2586/The-Matrix-Reloaded-(2003).html|access-date=2022-02-13|website=DVDs Release Dates|language=en}}</ref>


The film had the [[wide release|widest release]] ever opening simultaneously in 108 territories at 1400 [[Greenwich Mean Time]] on November 5, 2003.<ref name="open">{{cite book|first1=Dade|last1=Hayes|first2=Jonathan|last2=Bing|title=Open Wide: How Hollywood Box Office Became a National Obsession|publisher=Miramax Books|year=2004|isbn=1401352006|pages=372}}</ref><ref name="wwopen">{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=November 17, 2003|page=17|title='The Matrix' Takes Over the World|last=Groves|first=Don|quote=10,013 prints in its first five days in 107 territories [excluding the US/Canada]}}</ref>
Before Neo and Trinity can depart, Bane ambushes Trinity and takes her hostage. Neo fights with Bane, who reveals himself as a manifestation of Agent Smith. During the struggle, Bane/Smith blinds Neo by cauterizing his eyes with high voltage electrical wires. Neo, however, still is able to see Bane - his connection with the Source enables him to sense Smith inside Bane's body. Neo decapitates Bane/Smith and releases Trinity, who pilots them towards the Machine City (presumably [[Zero One|01]] described in ''[[The Second Renaissance]]'').


==Reception==
In Zion, the defenders deploy [[infantry]] armed with [[rocket launcher]]s and [[mecha|Armored Personnel Units]] in order to protect the dock from assault. The dock is invaded by a massive horde of Sentinels, as well as two giant drilling machines. Meanwhile, the ''Hammer'' speeds toward Zion, pursued by a large number of sentinels. Just as the remaining humans are about to be overwhelmed, the ''Hammer'' arrives at Zion and breaks through the gates, setting off an EMP and disabling all electronic equipment in the area. While this finishes off the Sentinels, it also disables the remainder of Zion's defenses. The humans are forced to fall back to the temple entrance and wait for the next swarm that will almost certainly kill them all.
===Box office===
On opening day, ''The Matrix Revolutions'' scored $24.3 million, becoming the third-highest Wednesday opening, behind ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]'' and ''[[Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB106815568915328400|title='Matrix Revolutions' Opens Big, But 'Reloaded' Still Is the King|newspaper=Wall Street Journal |date=November 6, 2003 }}</ref> During its three-day opening weekend, it would earn $48.5 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-2003-11-12-0311110289-story.html|title=At the Box Office|date=November 12, 2003 | publisher=[[Sun Sentinel]] | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210701115947/https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-2003-11-12-0311110289-story.html | archive-date=July 1, 2021 | url-status=live}}</ref> In its first five days of release, the film grossed $83.8 million in the United States and Canada from 3,502 theaters,<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=matrixrevolutions.htm|title=The Matrix Revolutions (2003) – Weekend Box Office Results |work= [[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=October 8, 2017}}</ref> but dropped 66% during the second week.<ref name="autogenerated1"/><ref name=wechart>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=November 17, 2003|page=15|title=Variety Box Office|quote=3,502 engagements [United States and Canada]}}</ref> For three years, it had the highest five-day Wednesday opening for any [[Warner Bros.]] film until it was taken by ''[[Superman Returns]]'' in 2006.<ref>{{Cite web| url= https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2006/jul/04/superman-controls-weekend-box-office/|title='Superman' controls weekend box office |website= The Spokesman-Review; spokesman.com| agency= USA Today| date= July 4, 2006 |author= Scott Bowles| accessdate=18 December 2022}}</ref> The film would even compete against the newly released family films ''[[Brother Bear]]'' and ''[[Elf (film)|Elf]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Holson|first=Laura|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/10/business/media/10matrix.html|title=An Elf and a Bear Trip Up the Final 'Matrix'|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 10, 2003|access-date=July 6, 2015}}</ref>


Internationally, the film grossed $119 million in its first 5 days from 10,013 prints in 107 territories, with the third-biggest opening ever in Japan and Spain and the fourth biggest in the United Kingdom, Italy and Mexico.<ref name=wwopen/> Combined, it grossed $203 million in its first five days.<ref name=wechart/> This made it the highest worldwide opening weekend for any film, holding the record until it was beaten by ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'' a month later.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=1286&p=.htm |title='King' of the World: $250M in 5 Days |date=22 December 2003 |first=Brandon |last=Gray |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=20 June 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120619042637/http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=1286&p=.htm |archive-date=19 June 2012}}</ref> ''The Matrix Revolutions'' would also achieve the record for having the biggest international opening weekend for an R-rated film until 2015 when it was surpassed by ''[[Fifty Shades of Grey (film)|Fifty Shades of Grey]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/02/fifty-shades-of-grey-international-box-office-first-day-1201372179/ |title='Fifty Shades' Higher In Global Bow At $266.6M; Record R-Rated Opening Overseas – Tuesday Update |author=Nancy Tartaglione |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=February 17, 2015 |access-date=February 18, 2015}}</ref> The film grossed over $139 million in North America and approximately $427 million worldwide,<ref name="Mojo"/> roughly half of ''The Matrix Reloaded'' box-office total, and was the [[2003 in film|eighth-highest-grossing film of 2003]].
Nearing the Machine City, Neo and Trinity are attacked by the city's [[defense system]], hurling massive numbers of mobile bombs and Sentinels at the ''Logos.'' Neo uses his powers to destroy the incoming bombs, but the Sentinels are too numerous. To evade them, Trinity flies the ship above the permanent electrical storm/cloud cover, disabling the Sentinels but also the ''Logos<nowiki>'</nowiki>'' engines. After a brief glimpse of [[sunlight]], the ship plunges into a spire of the Machine City. The impact of the collision mortally wounds Trinity.


===Home media===
Neo emerges into the Machine City to strike a bargain with the machines, personified by the [[Deus Ex Machina (The Matrix)|Deus Ex Machina]]. Neo warns the machines that Smith (who has by now assimilated everyone in The Matrix) is beyond the machines' control, and will soon assault the Source to which the Matrix is connected. He offers to stop Smith in exchange for a ceasefire on Zion. The second wave of Sentinels attacking Zion instantly responds by standing down while the Machines provide a connection for Neo to jack into the Matrix and confront Smith.
''The Matrix Revolutions'' was released on [[DVD]] and [[VHS]] on April 6, 2004.<ref>{{cite web|last=Patrizio|first=Andy|title=Matrix Revolutions on April 6|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/01/10/matrix-revolutions-on-april-6|publisher=IGN|access-date=April 4, 2023|date=January 10, 2004}}</ref> The film grossed $116 million in DVD sales. Additionally, it was released on [[4K Ultra HD Blu-ray]] on October 30, 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ultrahd.highdefdigest.com/62394/thematrixtrilogy4kultrahdbluray.html|title=The Matrix Trilogy - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Ultra HD Review {{!}} High Def Digest|website=ultrahd.highdefdigest.com|language=en|access-date=November 26, 2018}}</ref>
[[Image:Matrix superbrawlfall 600.gif|right|thumb|300px|Battle of the Gods]]
The city's population of Smiths stands by and watches while Neo and Smith square off. Smith explains that, possessing the Oracle's foresight, he already knows the outcome of the battle and is certain of Neo's defeat. After an extended fight scene, a defeated Neo allows Smith to assimilate him, but not before repeating Smith's favorite refrain to him: "It was inevitable". Since Neo has become assimilated by Smith and all of the Smiths are connected, the Machines now have a lock on Smith, using Neo's body as a conduit. Smith is essential 'Returned to the Source' and can now be deleted. All humans (plugged into the Matrix) and all programs that have been possessed by Smith return to normal, including the Oracle. The Sentinels that were about to attack the humans withdraw from Zion; the human resistance cheers in victory, while Niobe and Morpheus share a moment of intimate happiness together. Neo, having sacrificed himself to save both the Machines and humans, is unplugged from the Matrix, and his body is carried away by the Machines.


===Critical response===
The Architect then appears and tells the Oracle that it was dangerous of her to play the system at its own game. The Oracle responds by saying that she has done it for the sake of change, and asks the Architect what will now become of any humans who want to be unplugged from the Matrix. The Architect replies that they shall be freed as such. The Prophecy is finally fulfilled; the human race is finally free as the war between humans and machines is over, and the Matrix is 'destroyed' (its existence for the purpose of enslaving humanity is no more). The closing shot of the film depicts a new dawn on the world of the Matrix, signifying a new beginning. (If you notice throughout all three films, every shot of a scene in the Matrix has a bit of green-shaded lighting, symbolizing that it is in a computer program; but in this last scene, that green lighting is gone.)
{{Further|List of accolades received by The Matrix film series}}
On review aggregation website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], ''The Matrix Revolutions'' holds an approval rating of 34% based on 218 reviews and an average rating of 5.30/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "A disappointing conclusion to the ''Matrix'' trilogy as characters and ideas take a back seat to the special effects."<ref name=rt>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/matrix_revolutions/ |title=The Matrix Revolutions (2003) |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango Media|Fandango]] |access-date=June 23, 2018}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a [[weighted average]] score of 47 out of 100 based on 41 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-matrix-revolutions |title=The Matrix Revolutions Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |access-date=June 23, 2018}}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale, a grade down from the "B+" earned by the previous film and two grades down from the "A−" earned by the first film, therefore the second lowest grade earned by a film in the series.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cinemascore.com|title=Find CinemaScore|format=Type "Matrix" in the search box|publisher=[[CinemaScore]]|access-date=April 26, 2020}}</ref>


Some critics criticized the film for being [[Anti-climax (narrative)|anticlimactic]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://slate.com/culture/2003/11/time-to-pull-the-plug-on-the-matrix.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100711065854/http://slate.msn.com/id/2090753 |archive-date=July 11, 2010 |title=Time to pull the plug on The Matrix. | author = David Edelstein | work = [[Slate Magazine]] |date=July 27, 2010 |url-status=live |access-date=July 11, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Clark |first=Mike |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2003-11-04-matrix-review_x.htm |title=– 'The Matrix Revolutions': This big finish isn't The One |publisher=Usatoday.com |date=November 4, 2003 |access-date=July 11, 2012}}</ref> Additionally, some critics regard the film as less philosophically ambiguous than its predecessor, ''The Matrix Reloaded''.<ref>{{cite web|author=Scott Foundas |url=http://www.laweekly.com/2003-11-13/film-tv/the-more-the-murkier/ |title=LA Weekly – Film+TV – The More the Murkier – Scott Foundas – The Essential Online Resource for Los Angeles |publisher=Laweekly.com |date=November 6, 2003 |access-date=July 11, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/movies/bal-to.matrix05nov05,0,2967920.story?coll=bal-artslife-movies |title=''Baltimore Sun'': 'The Matrix Revolutions' makes it a little easier to believe |date=May 6, 2004 |access-date=July 11, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040506234616/http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/movies/bal-to.matrix05nov05%2C0%2C2967920.story?coll=bal-artslife-movies |archive-date=May 6, 2004}}</ref> Critics had difficulty finding closure pertaining to events from ''[[The Matrix Reloaded]]'', and were generally dissatisfied.<ref>[http://ae.charlotte.com/entertainment/ui/charlotte/movie.html?id=99386&reviewId=13608&startDate=11%2F05%2F2003 'Matrix:' Neo-nonsense]{{dead link|date=July 2012}}</ref><ref>[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9507E1D91F30F936A35752C1A9659C8B63 Movie Review|'The Matrix Revolutions': The Game Concludes With Light and Noise<!-- Bot generated title -->], archived at {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111162937/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9507E1D91F30F936A35752C1A9659C8B63 |date=November 11, 2012 }}</ref>
==Philosophy and religion==


[[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' gave the film three stars out of four, despite offering criticisms of his own, on the grounds that it at least provided closure to the story well enough so that fans following the series would prefer seeing it as to not.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-matrix-revolutions-2003|title=The Matrix Revolutions Review | author=Roger Ebert | publisher=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] | date=November 5, 2003 | access-date=November 10, 2014}}</ref>
''[[The Matrix Trilogy]]'' includes many philosophical, religious, mythological and literary allegories.


===Hinduism===
==Sequel==
{{main|The Matrix Resurrections}}
The trilogy includes many references to [[Hindu]] philosophy, in particular, the concepts of [[Maya (Hinduism)|maya]] and [[karma]]. The issues of [[free will]] and [[determinism]] are raised. Reflecting this, the lyrics of the closing music are based on [[Sanskrit]] [[slokas]].
While making the ''Matrix'' films, the Wachowskis told their close collaborators that at that time they had no intention of making another installment after ''The Matrix Revolutions''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soundtrack.net/content/article/?id=107|title=Don Davis - Interview|work=soundtrack.net|access-date=March 25, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/05/11/1052591672027.html|title=Love bug bites the new Matrix - smh.com.au|work=smh.com.au|date=May 12, 2003|access-date=March 25, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ew.com/article/2003/11/14/next-neo-thing/amp/|title=Next Neo Thing|date=November 14, 2003|work=ew.com|access-date=March 25, 2017|archive-date=March 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170319024635/http://ew.com/article/2003/11/14/next-neo-thing/amp/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://dailyhaggis.com/2003/10/28/new-matrix-games-on-the-way/|title=New Matrix Games On The Way|date=October 28, 2003|access-date=March 18, 2017|archive-date=December 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161213084959/http://dailyhaggis.com/2003/10/28/new-matrix-games-on-the-way/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Instead, they gave their blessing to the notion of [[gamers]] "inherit[ing] the storyline", and ''[[The Matrix Online]]'' video game was billed as the official continuation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2005/04/11/the-matrix-online-2|title=The Matrix Online|first=Paul|last=Chadwick|date=April 11, 2005|access-date=October 8, 2017}}</ref> In February 2015, in interviews promoting ''[[Jupiter Ascending]]'', Lilly Wachowski called a return to ''The Matrix'' a "particularly repelling idea in these times", noting the studios' tendency to green-light sequels, reboots, and adaptations over original material,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timescolonist.com/wachowskis-unfazed-by-negativity-ahead-of-jupiter-ascending-launch-1.1751638|title=Wachowskis unfazed by negativity ahead of 'Jupiter Ascending' launch|first=Derrik J.|last=Lang|work=timescolonist.com|access-date=March 15, 2017|archive-date=March 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316024421/http://www.timescolonist.com/wachowskis-unfazed-by-negativity-ahead-of-jupiter-ascending-launch-1.1751638|url-status=dead}}</ref> while Lana Wachowski, addressing rumors about a potential [[Reboot (fiction)|reboot]], said that they had not heard anything, but she believed that the studio might be looking to replace them.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://collider.com/wachowskis-jupiter-ascending-interview/|title=The Wachowskis Talk Jupiter Ascending, Creating the Chicago Sequence, Sense8, and More|date=February 4, 2015|work=collider.com|access-date=March 15, 2017}}</ref> At various times, Keanu Reeves and Hugo Weaving have stated that they would be willing to reprise their roles in potential ''Matrix'' films, but only if the Wachowskis were involved.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/keanu-reeves-is-up-for-the-matrix-4-exclusive-135415356.html|title=Keanu Reeves is up for The Matrix 4 (exclusive)|work=yahoo.com|date=February 17, 2017 |access-date=March 15, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/apr/18/hugo-weaving-on-revisiting-the-matrix-they-would-start-again-with-different-actors|title=Hugo Weaving on revisiting The Matrix: 'They would start again with different actors'|first=Luke|last=Buckmaster|date=April 17, 2017|work=The Guardian|access-date=April 21, 2017}}</ref>
[[Image:Matrix neocrucifictioninrevolutions 600.gif|thumb|300px|left|Religious and Philosophical allegories, commentaries and criticisms are in abundance within the trilogy.]]
===Christianity===
The trilogy includes references to the [[Christian]] religion, particularly the concept of a [[Messiah]] giving up his own life for the sake of humanity. The allusion is unmistakable, as Neo gives his life in an upright position with arms spread out, in a crucifixion-style death. Reference is also later made by the [[Oracle]] concerning Neo's return from the dead. Comparisons can also be seen between Smith and Lucifer in Milton's Paradise lost. In both works an 'agent' of 'god' rebels and is punished by being separated from their creator. Both chose to become rulers of their prisons (Lucifer-hell and Smith-Matrix) and become bent on destroying mankind. Also in both the Matrix Trilogy and Paradise Regained, the devil figure is defeated by the self sacrifice of a messiah figure.


In March 2017, ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' wrote that Warner Bros. was in early stages of developing a relaunch of the franchise, with [[Zak Penn]] in talks to write a treatment, and interest in getting [[Michael B. Jordan]] attached to star. According to the article neither the Wachowskis nor Joel Silver were involved at that stage, although the studio would like to get at minimum the blessing of the Wachowskis.<ref name="hollywoodreporter.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/matrix-reboot-works-at-warner-bros-986292|title='The Matrix' Reboot in the Works at Warner Bros. (Exclusive)|work=hollywoodreporter.com|date=March 14, 2017|access-date=March 25, 2017}}</ref>
==Soundtrack==
In contrast to the movie's predecessors, very few "source" tracks are used in the movie. Aside from [[Don Davis (composer)|Don Davis]]' score, again collaborating with [[Juno Reactor]], only one external track (by [[Pale 3]]) is used.


Warner Bros. officially announced the development on a fourth film in August 2019, with Lana Wachowski serving as director and producer on it. Lana wrote the screenplay with [[David Mitchell (author)|David Mitchell]] and [[Aleksander Hemon]]. [[Grant Hill (producer)|Grant Hill]] produced it alongside Lana. The production is a joint-venture between Warner Bros. Pictures and [[Village Roadshow Pictures]], similar to the original films. Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss reprise their roles from the previous films; Laurence Fishburne and Hugo Weaving do not appear in the film. Production began in February 2020 in [[San Francisco]],<ref>{{cite web | url = https://variety.com/2019/film/news/matrix-4-keanu-reeves-carrie-anne-moss-lana-wachowski-1203307955/ | title = 'Matrix 4' Officially a Go With Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss and Lana Wachowski | first= Justin | last = Kroll | date = August 20, 2019 | access-date = August 20, 2019 | work = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/matrix-4-works-keanu-reeves-lana-wachowski-1233371 | title = 'Matrix 4' in the Works With Keanu Reeves and Lana Wachowski | first= Borys | last = Kit | date = August 20, 2019 | access-date = August 20, 2019 | work = [[The Hollywood Reporter]] }}</ref> briefly halted due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kroll |first=Justin |date=March 16, 2020 |title='Matrix 4' Halts Production as Coronavirus Pandemic Grows |url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/matrix-4-stops-production-coronavirus-1203532190/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200316182720/https://variety.com/2020/film/news/matrix-4-stops-production-coronavirus-1203532190/ |archive-date=March 16, 2020 |access-date=March 16, 2020 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> and wrapped in November of that same year. The film, ''[[The Matrix Resurrections]]'', had its world premiere in Toronto, Canada on December 16, 2021, and was released in theaters and on HBO Max on December 22, 2021.
Although Davis rarely focusses on strong melodies, familiar [[leitmotif|leitmotifs]] from earlier in the series reappear. For example, Neo and Trinity's love theme- which briefly surfaces in the two preceding movies- is finally fully expanded into ''Trinity Definitely''; the theme from the Zion docks in ''Reloaded'' returns as ''Men in Metal'', and the energetic drumming from the ''Reloaded'' teahouse fight between Neo and Seraph opens ''Tetsujin'', as Seraph, Trinity and Morpheus fight off Club Hel's three doormen.


==Notes==
The climactic battle theme, named ''Neodämmerung'' (in reference to [[Richard Wagner|Wagner]]'s ''[[Götterdämmerung]]''), features a choir singing extracts ([[shlokas]]) from the [[Upanishad|Upanishads]]. Some viewers consider the occurrence of the [[Sanskrit]] [[Prayer in Hinduism|prayer]] in the closing titles of the [[Film|movie]] an apt conclusion to the philosophical theme potrayed throughout the [[Matrix trilogy|trilogy]]. The chorus can be roughly be translated from [[Sanskrit]] as follows: "lead us from untruth to truth, lead us from darkness to light, lead us from death to immortality, peace peace peace". These were brought to Davis by the Wachowski brothers when he informed them that it would be wasteful for such a large choir to be singing simple "ooh"s and "aaah"s. These extracts return in the denouement of the movie, and in ''Navras'', the track which plays over the closing credits (which may be considered a loose [[remix]] of ''Neodämmerung'').
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==See also==
* [[List of films featuring powered exoskeletons]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://whatisthematrix.warnerbros.com/ Official site for the series ]
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* [http://www.integralnaked.org/talk.aspx?id=205 The Many Meanings of ''The Matrix''], [[Larry Wachowski]] in a dialogue with [[Ken Wilber]].
* [http://wylfing.net/essays/matrix_revolutions.html Matrix: Revolutions Explained] - a comparative-literature-style exegesis of selected parts of Matrix Revolutions.
* {{rotten-tomatoes|matrix_revolutions}}
* {{Metacritic film}}
* [http://wylfing.net/essays/matrix_revolutions.html ''The Matrix Revolutions'' Explained] – a comparative-literature-style exegesis of selected parts of ''Matrix Revolutions''.
* [http://dondavis.filmmusic.com/project_detail.html?id=matrix_revolutions Lyrics to ''Neodammerung'', including translation]
* {{cite web|url=http://dondavis.filmmusic.com/project_detail.html?id=matrix_revolutions |title=Lyrics to ''Neodammerung'', including translation |access-date=September 20, 2004 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511052328/http://dondavis.filmmusic.com/project_detail.html?id=matrix_revolutions |archive-date=May 11, 2008}}
* [http://thematrix101.com/revolutions/meaning.php Understanding ''The Matrix Revolutions''] – A comparative guide to possible meaning and interpretations of ''The Matrix Revolutions''

* [http://www.horrorlair.com/movies/the_matrix_revolutions.html ''The Matrix Revolution'' October 27, 2000 draft script by Andy & Larry Wachowski]
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The Matrix Revolutions
Theatrical release poster
Directed byThe Wachowskis[a]
Written byThe Wachowskis
Based onCharacters
by The Wachowskis
Produced byJoel Silver
Starring
CinematographyBill Pope
Edited byZach Staenberg
Music byDon Davis
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • November 5, 2003 (2003-11-05)
Running time
129 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States[2][3]
LanguageEnglish
Budget$110–150 million[4][5]
Box office$427 million[5]

The Matrix Revolutions is a 2003 American science fiction action film written and directed by the Wachowskis.[a] It is the third installment in The Matrix film series, released six months following The Matrix Reloaded. The film stars Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Jada Pinkett Smith, Monica Bellucci, Lambert Wilson, and Mary Alice who replaced Gloria Foster as the Oracle following Foster's death in 2001.

The film was released simultaneously in 108 territories on November 5, 2003, by Warner Bros. Pictures. While being the final entry in the original trilogy of the series, the Matrix storyline was continued in The Matrix Online video game. The Matrix Revolutions was the first live-action feature film to be released in both regular and IMAX theaters at the same time. It grossed $427 million worldwide, making it the eighth-highest-grossing film of 2003. The film received mixed reviews on Metacritic and negative reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, which criticized it for focusing on special effects over characterization.

A fourth film, titled The Matrix Resurrections, began production in February 2020 and was released on December 22, 2021.

Plot

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Picking up immediately where Reloaded ended, Neo and Bane still lie unconscious in the medical bay of the ship Mjolnir. Inside the Matrix, Neo is trapped in a subway station named Mobil Ave, a transition zone between the Matrix and the machine world. He meets a "family" of programs, including a girl named Sati. The "father" tells Neo the subway is controlled by the Trainman, a program loyal to the Merovingian. When Neo tries to board a train with the family, the Trainman refuses and overpowers him.

Seraph contacts Morpheus and Trinity on behalf of the Oracle, who informs them of Neo's confinement. Seraph, Morpheus and Trinity enter Club Hel, where they confront the Merovingian and force him to release Neo. Troubled by visions of the Machine City, Neo visits the Oracle, who reveals that Smith intends to destroy both the Matrix and the real world. She tells him that "everything that has a beginning has an end." After Neo leaves, a large group of Smiths assimilates Sati and Seraph. The Oracle does not resist assimilation, and Smith gains her powers of precognition.

In the real world, the crews of the Nebuchadnezzar and the Mjolnir find and reactivate Niobe's ship, the Logos. They interrogate Bane, who says that he has no recollection of the earlier massacre. As the captains plan their defense of Zion, Neo requests a ship to travel to the Machine City. Motivated by her encounter with the Oracle, Niobe offers him the Logos. Neo departs, accompanied by Trinity. Bane, who has stowed away on the Logos, takes Trinity hostage. Neo realizes that Bane has been assimilated by Smith, and a fight ensues. Bane burns Neo's eyes with a power cable, blinding him. Neo discovers that he can still "see" machine source code in the real world and uses this ability to kill Bane. Trinity pilots them to the Machine City.

Niobe and Morpheus rush toward Zion in the Mjolnir to aid the human defenses. Zion's shipyard is overwhelmed by a horde of Sentinels, and the fatally wounded Captain Mifune instructs Kid to open the gate for the Mjolnir, which he does with the aid of Zee. When it arrives, it discharges its EMP, disabling all the Sentinels present but also Zion's remaining defenses. The humans are forced to retreat and wait for the next attack, thinking it will be their last stand.

The Logos is attacked by a wave of machines outside of the Machine City. To avoid the onslaught, they fly above them to open sky, and then crash into a building, fatally wounding Trinity. Neo enters the Machine City and encounters the leadership of the machines in the form of the "Deus Ex Machina." Neo warns that Smith plans to conquer both the Matrix and the real world and offers to stop Smith in exchange for peace with Zion. The Deus Ex Machina agrees, and the Sentinels shut down, stopping the attack on Zion.

The Machines plug Neo into the Matrix, whose population has now been entirely assimilated by Smith. The Smith with the Oracle's powers steps forth, telling Neo that he has foreseen his victory against Neo. After a protracted fight, Neo appears to concede defeat and allows himself to be assimilated. Outside the Matrix, the machines send a surge of energy into Neo's body, which inside the Matrix causes the Neo-Smith clone, then all the other Smith clones, to be destroyed, restoring the Oracle and killing Neo. The Sentinels withdraw from Zion, Morpheus and Niobe embrace, and Neo's body is carried away by the machines.

The Matrix is rebooted, and the Architect meets the Oracle in a park. They agree that the peace will last "as long as it can" and that those humans who desire it will be offered the opportunity to leave the Matrix. The Oracle tells Sati (who created a beautiful sunrise for Neo) that she thinks they will see Neo again. Seraph asks the Oracle if she knew this would happen. She replies that she did not know, but she believed.

Cast

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Production

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The film's budget was estimated between US$110 million[4] and $150 million.[5]

Filming occurred concurrently with its predecessor, The Matrix Reloaded, and live-action sequences for the video game Enter the Matrix. This took place primarily at Fox Studios in Sydney, Australia. Most notably, the subway scenes were filmed at the disused tunnels of St James railway station, and the end sequence with the Oracle and the Architect was filmed in the Royal Botanic Garden.[7][8] Carrie-Anne Moss injured her ankle during the shooting in Australia.[9]

Soundtrack

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Main article: The Matrix Revolutions: Music from the Motion Picture

In contrast to its predecessors, very few "source" tracks are used in the film. Aside from Don Davis' score, again collaborating with Juno Reactor, only one external track (by Pale 3) is used. Although Davis rarely focuses on strong melodies, familiar leitmotifs from earlier in the series reappear. For example, Neo and Trinity's love theme—which briefly surfaces in the two preceding films—is finally fully expanded into "Trinity Definitely"; the theme from the Zion docks in Reloaded returns as "Men in Metal", and the energetic drumming from the Reloaded tea house fight between Neo and Seraph opens "Tetsujin", as Seraph, Trinity and Morpheus fight off Club Hel's three doormen. The climactic battle theme, named "Neodämmerung" (in reference to Wagner's Götterdämmerung), features a choir singing extracts (shlokas) from the Pavamana Mantra, introduced in the Upanishads. The chorus can be roughly translated from Sanskrit as follows: "lead us from untruth to truth, lead us from darkness to light, lead us from death to immortality, peace peace peace". The extracts were brought to Davis by the Wachowskis when he informed them that it would be wasteful for such a large choir to be singing simple "ooh"s and "aah"s (according to the DVD commentary, Davis felt that the dramatic impact of the piece would be lost if the choir was to sing 'This is the one, see what he can do' in plain English). These extracts return in the film's denouement, and in Navras, the track that plays over the closing credits (which may be considered a loose remix of "Neodämmerung").

Release

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The Matrix Revolutions was released in theaters roughly three weeks after The Matrix Reloaded arrived on DVD, on October 14, 2003.[10][11]

The film had the widest release ever opening simultaneously in 108 territories at 1400 Greenwich Mean Time on November 5, 2003.[12][13]

Reception

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Box office

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On opening day, The Matrix Revolutions scored $24.3 million, becoming the third-highest Wednesday opening, behind The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace.[14] During its three-day opening weekend, it would earn $48.5 million.[15] In its first five days of release, the film grossed $83.8 million in the United States and Canada from 3,502 theaters,[16] but dropped 66% during the second week.[16][17] For three years, it had the highest five-day Wednesday opening for any Warner Bros. film until it was taken by Superman Returns in 2006.[18] The film would even compete against the newly released family films Brother Bear and Elf.[19]

Internationally, the film grossed $119 million in its first 5 days from 10,013 prints in 107 territories, with the third-biggest opening ever in Japan and Spain and the fourth biggest in the United Kingdom, Italy and Mexico.[13] Combined, it grossed $203 million in its first five days.[17] This made it the highest worldwide opening weekend for any film, holding the record until it was beaten by The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King a month later.[20] The Matrix Revolutions would also achieve the record for having the biggest international opening weekend for an R-rated film until 2015 when it was surpassed by Fifty Shades of Grey.[21] The film grossed over $139 million in North America and approximately $427 million worldwide,[5] roughly half of The Matrix Reloaded box-office total, and was the eighth-highest-grossing film of 2003.

Home media

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The Matrix Revolutions was released on DVD and VHS on April 6, 2004.[22] The film grossed $116 million in DVD sales. Additionally, it was released on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray on October 30, 2018.[23]

Critical response

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Further information: List of accolades received by The Matrix film series

On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, The Matrix Revolutions holds an approval rating of 34% based on 218 reviews and an average rating of 5.30/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "A disappointing conclusion to the Matrix trilogy as characters and ideas take a back seat to the special effects."[24] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 47 out of 100 based on 41 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[25] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale, a grade down from the "B+" earned by the previous film and two grades down from the "A−" earned by the first film, therefore the second lowest grade earned by a film in the series.[26]

Some critics criticized the film for being anticlimactic.[27][28] Additionally, some critics regard the film as less philosophically ambiguous than its predecessor, The Matrix Reloaded.[29][30] Critics had difficulty finding closure pertaining to events from The Matrix Reloaded, and were generally dissatisfied.[31][32]

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film three stars out of four, despite offering criticisms of his own, on the grounds that it at least provided closure to the story well enough so that fans following the series would prefer seeing it as to not.[33]

Sequel

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Main article: The Matrix Resurrections

While making the Matrix films, the Wachowskis told their close collaborators that at that time they had no intention of making another installment after The Matrix Revolutions.[34][35][36][37] Instead, they gave their blessing to the notion of gamers "inherit[ing] the storyline", and The Matrix Online video game was billed as the official continuation.[38] In February 2015, in interviews promoting Jupiter Ascending, Lilly Wachowski called a return to The Matrix a "particularly repelling idea in these times", noting the studios' tendency to green-light sequels, reboots, and adaptations over original material,[39] while Lana Wachowski, addressing rumors about a potential reboot, said that they had not heard anything, but she believed that the studio might be looking to replace them.[40] At various times, Keanu Reeves and Hugo Weaving have stated that they would be willing to reprise their roles in potential Matrix films, but only if the Wachowskis were involved.[41][42]

In March 2017, The Hollywood Reporter wrote that Warner Bros. was in early stages of developing a relaunch of the franchise, with Zak Penn in talks to write a treatment, and interest in getting Michael B. Jordan attached to star. According to the article neither the Wachowskis nor Joel Silver were involved at that stage, although the studio would like to get at minimum the blessing of the Wachowskis.[43]

Warner Bros. officially announced the development on a fourth film in August 2019, with Lana Wachowski serving as director and producer on it. Lana wrote the screenplay with David Mitchell and Aleksander Hemon. Grant Hill produced it alongside Lana. The production is a joint-venture between Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures, similar to the original films. Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss reprise their roles from the previous films; Laurence Fishburne and Hugo Weaving do not appear in the film. Production began in February 2020 in San Francisco,[44][45] briefly halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[46] and wrapped in November of that same year. The film, The Matrix Resurrections, had its world premiere in Toronto, Canada on December 16, 2021, and was released in theaters and on HBO Max on December 22, 2021.

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Credited as The Wachowski Brothers.
  2. ^ Gloria Foster, who played the Oracle in the first two films, died before the completion of her filming for the third.[6] She was replaced by Mary Alice. Her changed appearance is addressed in the film's plot.

See also

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References

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