Film
The Matrix Revolutions
- Director
- Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski
- Certificate
- 15
- Running Time
- 129 mins
Fortunately, this final instalment is nothing like as boring, humourless and pretentious as The Matrix Reloaded. True, it suffers from the same Repetitive Action Syndrome, but there are far fewer scenes in which the characters sit around tediously explaining the mythology and inner workings of The Matrix to one another.
Neo (Keanu Reeves) is now stranded in limbo between the human and machine worlds. More dangerously, renegade computer program Mr Smith has assumed human form, broken free of the machines which once controlled him, and is now pursuing a private, nihilistic agenda of his own. There are just twelve hours to save humanity from complete annihilation. As before, the most arresting scenes take place in the shiny, digital environment of The Matrix, while the grungy underground world of Zion is so unappealing that one wonders why anyone would want to save it. The ambiguous/enigmatic/confusing ending provides ample fodder for post-film arguments about the meaning of Neo’s messianic quest, the ultimate fate of his arch nemesis, and the bizarrely unreliable predictions of The Oracle. It’s back on screen in 4K restored form.
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