Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8183 in DVD
• Released on: 2004-04-02
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Formats: PAL, Widescreen
• Original language: English, French
• Subtitled in: English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Icelandic
• Number of discs: 2
• Running time: 129 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
The opening reels of Matrix Revolutions do nothing to dispel the feeling of exhausted disappointment that set in during the second half of The Matrix Reloaded. There's plenty more talky guff combined with the picking-up of hard-to-remember plot threads as Neo (Keanu Reeves) lies in a coma in the "real" world and is stranded on a tube station in a limbo "beyond the Matrix" while his allies do a reprise of the shooting-their-way-past-the-bodyguards bit from the last film (this time, the baddies can walk on the ceiling). A new Oracle (Mary Alice) makes some pronouncements about the end being near and more things happen--including the evil Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving) manifesting in reality by possessing a minor character and perfidiously blinding our hero, who wears a becoming ribbon over his wounded eyes and perceives the world in an impressive "flaming truth vision".

What about the action? The equivalent of the last film's freeway chase scene is a huge face-off as the Sentinels (robot squids) finally breach the caverns of Zion, "the last human city", and swarm against a battalion of pilot-manipulated giant robots: here, the effects are seamless and the images astonishing, though the fact that none of the major characters are involved and the whole thing goes on so long as if designed to top any previous robot-on-robot screen carnage means that it becomes monotonously amazing, like watching someone else play a great computer game. After a too-easily-managed major realignment of the enmities, the film--and the series--finally delivers a sign-off sequence that's everything you could want as Neo and Smith get into a kung fu one-on-one in a rain-drenched virtual city, flying as high as Superman and Brainiac in smart suits. It comes too late to save the day and the wrap-up is both banal and incoherent, but at least this single combat is a reward for hardy veterans who've sat through seven hours of build-up. --Kim Newman

On the DVD: when the first Matrix DVD was released, with never-before-seen features such as the "Follow the White Rabbit" option, it set a benchmark against which subsequent discs were judged. But neither sequel has lived up to the original's high standards. The Matrix Revolutions two-disc set is an unexceptional package, with a routine "making of" featurette being the main bonus item. Amid all the usual backslapping guff about how great everyone is and what a great time they've all had, it's possible to glean some nuggets of useful information about the baffling plot--though cast and crew can't repress a note of weariness creeping in when discussing the horribly protracted shooting schedule. The feature on the CG Revolution is the most informative for people who like to know how everything was done, and, in the same vein, there's also a multi-angle breakdown of the Super Burly Brawl. A 3-D timeline gives a handy summary of the story so far, and there's a plug for The Matrix Online game. The anamorphic 2.40:1 picture is, of course, a real treat to look at, even if the movie is mostly shades of dark grey and dark green; soundwise the dynamic range of the Dolby Digital surround is extreme: all conversations are conducted in throaty whispers, while the action sequences will push your speakers to the limit. No DTS option, though. And as with Reloaded, there's no audio commentary either: the Wachowski's policy of not talking about their creation begins to seem like a ploy to avoid answering awkward questions. --Mark Walker

DVD Description
In the powerful final chapter of The Matrix Trilogy, Neo (Keanu Reeves) took another step forward in the quest for truth that began with his journey into the real world at the outset of The Matrix - but that transformation has left him drained of his power, adrift in a no-man’s-land between the Matrix and the Machine World. While Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) holds vigil of Neo’s comatose body, Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) grapples with the revelation that ‘The One’ in which he has invested a life’s worth of faith is merely another system of control invented by the architects of the Matrix. During the stunning conclusion, the rebels’ long quest for freedom culminates in an explosive battle, as the Machine Army wages devastation on Zion and its citizens mount an aggressive defence …

Special Features

• Revolutions Re-calibrated - a behind the scenes overview that drills deep into the ground-breaking work that went into the final chapter
  
• CG Revolution - Explore the special effects arsenal and take an inside look at the making of the creatures and environs of the CGI-intensive third movie
  
• Super Burly Brawl - A crash course on the final Neo/Smith showdown with three multiple video streams: storyboards, behind the scenes and the final scene all running in sync
  
• Follow the White Rabbit - Watch the special feature and select the White Rabbit icon to go further into the making of the film
  
• Neo Realism: The Evolution of Bullet Time - A closer look at how "bullet time" was taken to the next degree of madness
  
• Super Big Mini Models - The intricacies of filming in the world of models and miniatures
  
• Double Agent Smith - A look at what it took to make this incredible scene, including the work to replicate Hugo Weaving, with body doubles, lifelike mannequins, head casts and costumes
  
• Mind Over Matter: The Physicality of The Matrix - A look at what it takes for the actors and stunt people to perform the dramatic stunts of The Matrix
  
• Future Gamer: The Matrix Online - An introduction to the massive multi-player game The Matrix Online, created by the Wachowski Brothers
  
• 3D Evolution - Transition to different levels of the Matrix to view concept art, storyboards, pre-visualisations and realizations for several elements in Revolutions
  
• Before the Revolution - 3D timeline of the concurrent story development occurring in the Matrix between The Matrix Trilogy, Animatrix and Enter The Matrix
  
• Theatrical trailer
  
• Weblinks to the official Matrix website and The Matrix Online test site

DVD Technical Information:

• Aspect Ratio: 16:9 transfer (2.40:1)
  
• Widescreen
  
• Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1
  
• Subtitles: English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, English SDH, German SDH
  
• Running Time: 129 minutes

Customer Reviews

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If you're hoping for some kind of conclusion in Revolutions, you won't find it. While it's genuinely visually jaw-dropping in places (e.g. the huge battle in Zion's docking bay), the rest of the film is little more than way of frantically extending the Matrix merchandising franchise a little bit further. As such, it's really not the in Wachowski bros. best interests to definitively finish the story - so they don't. This is disappointing, bordering on the offensive, and no way to "reward" the audience that made you all that cash in the first place.

The end of Revolutions is hugely and prominently ambiguous. There's no evidence of what "finally" happens to Neo beyond basically a stage direction saying "Neo Exits", and the Architect's final words are riddled with inconsistencies. The rest of the film is much more of a stylistic mess in places than even Reloaded (which I like quite a lot). By way of example, when Revolutions is over, you'll begin to realise that there was absolutely no point whatsoever to the opening half-hour of the film - it's a plot line which just doesn't go anywhere and was thus no more or less than "filler" material to pad the script. The astute viewer can also expect a couple of scenes which seem oddly truncated (including a whopper where Niobe & co. appear more or less out of nowhere)- but never mind, the missing bits of the film are in the video game "Enter The Matrix" - which you also need to buy seperately. How predictable.

With the massively-multiplayer Matrix on-line world coming out soon (ooh, how "ironic", eh ? A persistent role-playing world existing inside computers !!!!), this is one franchise which will run and run. If I were you, I'd save your cash for the inevitable 3-film boxed set which will at least contain all the extra features missing from Reloaded (e.g. a making-of documentary on a par with the excellent 1.5-hour long "Matrix Revisited" bundled with the original film)- instead of an advert for Powerade and Samsung phones. At the very least, if you just want the film and nothing else, this is probably the cheapest way to do it.

Reloaded....Revolution......Really any good?
Ok, there i was, sitting in the cinema with my big box of popcorn, extra large coke, oh yes, and my girlfriend who was getting annoyed with my whoops of exctiement as the lights were dimming to start what was promised to be the "Answer to all your questions" and the end of what was an excellent story and concept. My "whoops" quickly stopped. The first 10 minutes said it all for me. Neo stuck in a middle way between the real world and the matrix! this could have been very creative, nope, it was a subway. Hmm, The merovengian was a way of saving neo! "Ooh, a good battle?" nope. The sentenals have reached Zion! A good fight yes, but a loooong battle which was beginning to turn the Matrix into the Terminator. The final battle between Neo and Smith! More like superman and spiderman, come on guys! Whats with all the flying?!?! In the end of the first matrix, neo did all this ultra fast fighting which looked awesome, was there any in the other two? nope. Instead of keeping it fast they slowed it all down! Hmmm slow-mo action, yeah for a turtle. Then we have the icing on the cake, the end, How will it end, i wont give anything away in case you havent seen it yet, but be prepared for a dissapointment. a MAJOR dissapointment. You will be left looking at your telly going "Wha..? Who..? Why...?"
I will still buy this on DVD, as im a sucker but ive got to have all three. But will I watch it as much as i saw the first one?.......Nope.

Love it or loathe it - we loved it
Amazing to what lenghts some people will go to explicitly express and validate their disappointment with the Matrix-Reloaded. However, if you liked the whole idea of the previous Matrix movies don't be put off to watch the third part
It seems to me that humans who have substantiell background knowledge in philosophycal / theological studies will enjoy, and cosequently UNDERSTAND a lot more about the storyline than the average "American Pie" audience could ever imagine.
Sorry, but we liked it - action scenes and sentinels - the lot.
I believe this is one of these movies that one does either love or totally loathe WE LOVED IT !!!