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{{Short description|2003 film by the Wachowskis}}
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{{Infobox film
| name                 = The Matrix Revolutions
| image                = The-matrix-revolutions_oxlati6t.png
| caption              = Theatrical release poster
| 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''.}}
| producer             = [[Joel Silver]]
| writer               = The Wachowskis
| based_on             = [[List of Matrix series characters|Characters]]<br />by The Wachowskis
| starring             = {{Plain list|
* [[Keanu Reeves]]
* [[Laurence Fishburne]]
* [[Carrie-Anne Moss]]
* [[Hugo Weaving]]
* [[Jada Pinkett Smith]]
}}
| music                = [[Don Davis (composer)|Don Davis]]
| cinematography       = [[Bill Pope]]
| editing              = [[Zach Staenberg]]
| production_companies = {{Plain list|
* [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]
* [[Village Roadshow Pictures]]
* NPV Entertainment
* [[Silver Pictures]]
}}
| 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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130216021508/http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/matrix-revolutions-2003 |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 16, 2013 |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 |archive-date=June 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624104821/http://lumiere.obs.coe.int/web/film_info/?id=20284 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Matrix Revolutions, The|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/452404/the-matrix-revolutions|website=Turner Classic Movies|publisher=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=June 29, 2020|archive-date=October 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201013014834/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/452404/the-matrix-revolutions|url-status=live}}</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 |archive-date=April 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220404132114/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0242653/?ref_=bo_se_r_4 |url-status=live }}</ref>
}}

'''''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]]. --> The direct sequel to ''[[The Matrix Reloaded]],'' it is the third installment in [[The Matrix (franchise)|''The Matrix'' film series]], released six months following its predecessor. 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. This is Alice's final film role before her death in July 2022. The film follows [[Neo (The Matrix)|Neo]] and his allies as they fight to end the war between humanity and the machines permanently while opposing the rogue [[Agent 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 from critics.

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

==Plot==
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Shortly after the ''Mjolnir'' saved the crew of ''[[Nebuchadnezzar (The Matrix)|Nebuchadnezzar]]'',{{efn|As depicted in ''[[The Matrix Reloaded]]'' (2003).}} [[Neo (The Matrix)|Neo]] and [[Bane (The Matrix)|Bane]] still lie unconscious in the ''Mjolnir'''s medical bay. Neo's consciousness 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 [[List of Matrix series characters#Sati|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]], whose appearance has changed due to an attack from the Merovingian. She informs them of Neo's confinement, and says they need the Trainman to get him. After failing to get the Trainman's help, 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 claims she is trying to end the war and didn't tell Neo the truth about the Matrix as he wasn't ready to know. She reveals that [[Agent Smith|Smith]] intends to destroy both the Matrix and the real world, and tells him "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 (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 encounter with the Oracle,{{efn|As depicted in [[Enter the Matrix]].}} Niobe offers him the ''Logos''. Neo departs, accompanied by Trinity. Bane, who has stowed away on the ''Logos'', takes Trinity hostage. Neo realizes Smith has assimilated Bane, and a fight ensues. Bane burns Neo's eyes with a power cable, blinding him. Neo discovers 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. 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.

The ''Logos'' is besieged by machines guarding Machine City. Neo shuts several of them down{{efn|As depicted in ''[[The Matrix Reloaded]]'' (2003).}} but passes out from exhaustion. To avoid their attackers, Trinity flies above them, briefly glimpsing the open sky before crashing into a building. Fatally wounded by debris, Trinity declares her love for Neo before dying. Neo enters the Machine City and encounters the leadership of the machines in the form of the "[[Deus Ex Machina]]." Neo warns that Smith threatens both the machine and human worlds. He 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 through the machine mainframe into the Matrix, whose population has now been entirely assimilated by Smith. The Smith with the Oracle's powers steps forth, telling Neo he has foreseen his own victory. After a protracted fight, Smith says "everything that has a beginning has an end," repeating what the Oracle said to Neo. 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, killing Neo while restoring the Oracle and everyone else who was assimilated. The Sentinels withdraw from Zion, Morpheus and Niobe embrace, and the city rejoices. The machines carry Neo's body away.

The Matrix is rebooted, and the [[List of Matrix series characters#Architect|Architect]] meets the Oracle in a park, claiming she "played a dangerous game" to end the war. They agree that the peace will last "as long as it can" and that those who desire to leave the Matrix will be allowed their freedom. The Oracle tells Sati 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==
{{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|archive-date=December 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213161252/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/05/theater/gloria-foster-stage-actress-is-dead-at-64.html|url-status=live}}</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
* [[Essie Davis]] as Maggie 
}}

==Production==
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|archive-date=September 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904142036/http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/05/10/1052280481280.html|url-status=live}}</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|archive-date=February 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240203035426/https://www.chicagotribune.com/2003/02/12/enter-the-matrix-aims-to-open-a-new-game-era-2/|url-status=live}}</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|archive-date=March 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315042730/https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2003/11/03/carrie_anne_moss_the_matrix_revolutions_interview.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Soundtrack===
{{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 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|archive-date=May 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180522042047/https://www.dvdsreleasedates.com/movies/2586/The-Matrix-Reloaded-(2003).html|url-status=live}}</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>

==Reception==
===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|archive-date=November 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171103120242/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=matrixrevolutions.htm|url-status=live}}</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| archive-date= March 13, 2022| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220313154805/https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2006/jul/04/superman-controls-weekend-box-office/| url-status= live}}</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|archive-date=July 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709154702/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/10/business/media/10matrix.html|url-status=live}}</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 |archive-date=February 14, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214080553/http://deadline.com/2015/02/fifty-shades-of-grey-international-box-office-first-day-1201372179/ |url-status=live }}</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]].

===Home media===
''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|archive-date=April 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404233702/https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/01/10/matrix-revolutions-on-april-6|url-status=live}}</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|archive-date=October 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191015163159/https://ultrahd.highdefdigest.com/62394/thematrixtrilogy4kultrahdbluray.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Critical response===
{{Further|List of accolades received by The Matrix film series}}
On review aggregation website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], ''The Matrix Revolutions'' holds an approval rating of 33% based on 215 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=March 7, 2025 |archive-date=September 16, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916234329/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/matrix_revolutions |url-status=live }}</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 |archive-date=July 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705061555/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-matrix-revolutions |url-status=live }}</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|archive-date=April 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220413083139/https://www.cinemascore.com/|url-status=live}}</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 |archive-date=June 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120621232753/http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2003-11-04-matrix-review_x.htm |url-status=live }}</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 |work=LA Weekly |publisher=Laweekly.com |date=November 6, 2003 |access-date=July 11, 2012 |archive-date=November 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104081829/http://www.laweekly.com/2003-11-13/film-tv/the-more-the-murkier/ |url-status=live }}</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>

[[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>

==Sequel==
{{main|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''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soundtrack.net/content/article/?id=107|title=Don Davis - Interview|work=soundtrack.net|access-date=March 25, 2017|archive-date=March 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170319110935/http://www.soundtrack.net/content/article/?id=107|url-status=live}}</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|archive-date=March 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170319055650/http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/05/11/1052591672027.html|url-status=live}}</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|archive-date=August 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816112512/http://www.ign.com/articles/2005/04/11/the-matrix-online-2|url-status=live}}</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|archive-date=October 31, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031114300/http://collider.com/wachowskis-jupiter-ascending-interview/|url-status=live}}</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|archive-date=March 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314185719/https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/keanu-reeves-is-up-for-the-matrix-4-exclusive-135415356.html|url-status=live}}</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|archive-date=April 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420162404/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/apr/18/hugo-weaving-on-revisiting-the-matrix-they-would-start-again-with-different-actors|url-status=live}}</ref>

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|archive-date=March 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170315031900/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/matrix-reboot-works-at-warner-bros-986292|url-status=live}}</ref>

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]] | archive-date = May 1, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200501184344/https://variety.com/2019/film/news/matrix-4-keanu-reeves-carrie-anne-moss-lana-wachowski-1203307955/ | url-status = live }}</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]] | archive-date = August 20, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190820215514/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/matrix-4-works-keanu-reeves-lana-wachowski-1233371 | url-status = live }}</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.

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==See also==
* [[List of films featuring powered exoskeletons]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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* {{mojo title|matrixrevolutions}}
* {{rotten-tomatoes|matrix_revolutions}}
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* [http://wylfing.net/essays/matrix_revolutions.html ''The Matrix Revolutions'' Explained] – a comparative-literature-style exegesis of selected parts of ''Matrix Revolutions''.
* {{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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