Product Description

Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Joe PantolianoDirector: Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #131 in DVD
• Brand: Blu-ray Science Fiction
• Released on: 2008-11-24
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Formats: Box set, PAL
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: Portuguese
• Dubbed in: German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese
• Number of discs: 3
• Dimensions: .79 pounds
• Running time: 457 minutes

DVD Description
The Complete Matrix Trilogy features all three films in the trilogy together for the first time in mind-blowing high definition, with a newly re-mastered picture and sound for The Matrix.

The Matrix:

Neo (Keanu Reeves) seeks the truth about the Matrix. Only one man has the answer, an elusive dangerous man who is known as Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne). A stranger called Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) invites Neo to follow a white rabbit which guides him into a parallel world. Reality is a world run by artificially intelligent machines who control the human slaves in a simulated 20th Century...

Matrix Reloaded:

Neo (Keanu Reeves), Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss), and Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) continue their battle against the machines in The Matrix Reloaded, the second chapter of Larry and Andy Wachowski's Matrix Trilogy. As Matrix Reloaded begins, Neo, Trinity, and Morpheus arrive in Zion with new crew member Link (Harold Perrineau), and discover that 250,000 dreaded sentinels are close to launching a massive attack on the underground haven for the liberated minds of humanity. When Neo seeks advice from the prophetic Oracle (the late Gloria Foster), their meeting leads to a sorely outnumbered fight with Neo's old nemesis, Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving). While the sentinels advance on Zion, various battles within the Matrix continue to escalate, culminating in an extended highway chase sequence involving Morpheus, Trinity, more imposing agents, and two new adversaries--the relentless white-clad Twins (Adrian and Neil Rayment).

Matrix Revolutions:

The final movie in Larry and Andy Wachowski's Matrix Trilogy is Matrix Revolutions. Neo (Keanu Reeves) is trapped in limbo between reality and the Matrix, while Zion, the last human city, is attacked by hordes of machines. Meanwhile, Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne), Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss), and Seraph (Collin Chou) confront the ruthless Merovingian (Lambert Wilson) to secure Neo's release. As the fight for Zion grows more dire, Neo and Trinity embark on a perilous journey into the heart of the machine city, while Morpheus and Niobe (Jada Pinkett Smith) rush to Zion's aid. Eventually, Neo must face the increasingly powerful Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving) in a last battle for the fate of humanity.

Special Features
• Written Introduction by the Wachowski Brothers

• Commentaries by:

Philosophers: Dr. Cornel West and Ken Wilber

Critics: Todd McCarthy, John Powers and David Thomson

Cast/Crew: Carrie-Anne Moss, Zach Staenberg and John Gaeta forThe Matrix

Composer: Don Davis with Music-Only Track for The Matrix

• Feature-Length Documentary The Matrix Revisited

• Behind The Matrix documentary galleries:

83 Featurettes with The MTV Movie Awards Reloaded and 3-D Evolutions

• Stills Gallery

• The Music Revisited: 41-Track Audio Selection of Nearly 3 Hours of Music

• Music Videos: Marilyn Manson’s Rock Is Dead and P.O.D's Sleeping Awake

• Enter The Matrix:

23 Live-Action Scenes Shot for the video game that plug into the action of The Matrix Reloaded

• Theatrical Trailers and TV spots

Customer Reviews

Langages & subtitles
Note : same audio / subtitles on the 3 blu-ray.

Audio :

English Dolby TrueHD 5.1
Dolby Digital 5.1 : English, French, Italian
Stereo : Brazilian Portuguese, Latin Spanish

Subtitles :

English, Brazilian Portuguese, Dutch, French, Italian, Latin Spanish

Pour les francophones / For french dudes :
Ce sont bien les voix "françaises" (pas canadiennes quoi) et au final, en dehors des jaquettes en anglais, ce sont exactement les mêmes blu-ray que ceux vendus en France / Belgique. Aucun soucis sur ma PS3 belge.

Excellent quality and effects
I brought this for my partner as we had just purchased a blu-ray player. I have not seen the DVD/film before, but when I did I was wowed by the technical effects. We compared the blu-ray with the normal DVD and WOW!!! The close ups of the faces, warts and all was amazing, the clarity was superb and every detail was there.

The actual film kept me in suspense and wanting more. The action shots are something else and the story line is captivating. I also like Mr Reeves, he's one smooth guy. If you enjoy loads of guns, special effects and quick action, this is a great buy. Matrix has been out for a while now, but blu-ray on a large format screen takes some beating.

About the Blu-ray Quality
I'm not reviewing this based on the Movies as they're excellent IMO, but on the quality of the blu-ray conversion to HD 1080p.

Using a PS3, 5.1 Surround Sound, and a 42" Samsung I was unable to see any noticeable picture quality improvement over the upscaled DVD release which was very disappointing. The ascetics of the three movies means there's lots of blur & film grain so having this converted into HD is pointless. I'd have give this set a 0-Star rating if possible based off just the picture quality.

Now where this set does shine are the extras. The picture-in-picture commentary is excellent, being both informative & enjoyable. It has saved this set from getting immediately resold.

In short, not worth the money for the movies as the DVD are just as good, but if you want some really good extras then maybe worth the cash.