The third film in the Matrix trilogy picks up from where the last one left off but the whole cliff-hanger we were left on ultimately didn�t seem to be relevant so let�s move forward. The machines are still attacking Zion and most of the action takes place there this time around.

As I briefly stated before, Revolutions is better than Reloaded but that doesn�t in itself make it a good film. It wouldn�t be a great film if it stood alone but as the third part of a series so effectively set up by the original, it�s suffers more. That�s not to say that there aren�t some good moments in it but some good effects and some good action scenes do not a good film make. I can� go into detail with this review because I don�t want to give spoilers away.

I believe there are several problems with this film and most of them stem from bad writing. Aside from the dialogue, which was truly awful in some scenes such as a five minute (may have been less but actually seemed longer) scene of two people talking was full of the cheesiest, sentimental crap I�ve heard in a long time. Once again the film contains a lot of pseudo philosophising but this time it seems that the Wachowski�s were really getting out of their depth. It felt rushed and ill thought out. They seemed to be expounding schoolboy philosophies based on a passing knowledge rather than having any real substance. And when it came to plot problems, a neat line of cryptic dialectic would patch it up and they�d move swiftly along.

I think the Wachowski�s dug themselves a hole they couldn�t get out of with Reloaded which is a shame. I sincerely believe that if they hadn�t tried to make both films back to back and had spent longer working on the script then they may have had better results rather than the hulking ponderous monstrosity they ended up with. As it was, it seemed rushed, uninspired and unoriginal. That being said, with this film they made more of an effort and the conclusion, although not entirely unexpected, was a bold step to make. Unfortunately it couldn�t redeem the film and I do believe that the leaden weight of both sequels will mar the success of the first film and in time that too will be considered flawed and, eventually, a disappointment and failure. I hope it doesn�t.