The Matrix trilogy comes to an end, and what a lackluster end it is. Though energized with one or two good action
scenes, the climax to what could have been one of the most extraordinary sci-fi trilogies of all time has turned out to be nothing but colorful fluff. Entertaining, but nothing more than fluff.
The Matrix Revolutions starts where The Matrix Reloaded left off, with Neo in a coma and the humans of Zion awaiting their own genocide. The other bad thing is that it has the same flaws that the previous film had, since the last two were filmed and produced simultaneously. Many people attacked Reloaded because it was preachy, poorly-written, and relied too heavily on computer graphics. After all, Reloaded featured some incredibly bad graphics (a la the Agent Smith fighting scene) and terrible dialogue (just about every scene where the characters talked). Nevertheless, it was relatively entertaining and had some cool action scenes (the car chase, anyone?), and the ending raised so many questions that it is doubtless that web sites emerged just to analyze it. The scene with the Architect was mind blowing, to say the least, and suggested that Revolutions may turn out to be more complex than just your typical action movie.
Sadly, the exact opposite is true. With perhaps a few underlying suggestions to something more complex, Revolutions is extremely simple in that it has no mindbending storyarcs whatsoever. In fact, much of what was said in the second film is reversed here - it is very disappointing. This movie had the potential to be very smart, but instead is very basic and at times silly. The "many Neo''s" twist is hardly addressed. Neo''s "return to the source" never happens. There is no final showdown with the Merovingian.