The Matrix Revolutions
Everything that has a beginning has an end.
The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
Production
Budget
$150 000 000
Revenue
$427 343 298
Director
Scenario
Composer
Producer
Actors
Keanu Reeves
Neo
Laurence Fishburne
Morpheus
Carrie-Anne Moss
Trinity
Hugo Weaving
Agent Smith
Jada Pinkett Smith
Niobe
Mary Alice
The Oracle
Harold Perrineau
Link
Collin Chou
Seraph
Short description
The Matrix Revolutions concludes the story that began in The Matrix and continued in The Matrix Reloaded, released earlier the same year. The machines are closing in on Zion, the last human city, whose defenders prepare to hold out against an overwhelming assault. At the same time, Neo must deal with a threat that no longer answers to anyone: Agent Smith, now beyond the control of the machines and growing more dangerous. With the war's outcome resting on him, Neo faces choices that will decide the fate of both the human world and the Matrix.
Lilly and Lana Wachowski directed and wrote the film, their fourth feature after Bound, The Matrix and The Matrix Reloaded. Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss and Hugo Weaving reprise their roles as Neo, Morpheus, Trinity and Agent Smith, joined by Jada Pinkett Smith as Niobe and Mary Alice as the Oracle. Joel Silver produced.
Made for about 150 million US dollars and shot as part of the same production as its predecessor, the film earned roughly 425 million dollars worldwide, a solid return though well below the first film's cultural reach. Audiences are divided on it: on IMDb it holds 6.7 out of 10 from 573,000 votes, and on TMDB 6.8 out of 10 from 11,140 votes. A film critics' rating of 5.6 out of 10 from 215 reviews places professional opinion noticeably lower than the audience scores.
What's left behind the scenes
- When Zi inserts a projectile into the right barrel of the launcher held by her partner at the 69th minute of the film, a green chroma key can be seen appearing in front of the moving projectile.
- The title of the musical theme for the final battle between Neo and Smith – “Neodämmerung” – comes from the German word “Gotterdämmerung” (literally “twilight of the gods”). This is also the name of a part of Wagner’s opera “The Ring of the Nibelung.” “Gotterdämmerung” dealt with the final battle between the gods, which led to their destruction. Knowing what would happen, the gods fought for the survival of humanity. The musical theme’s title not only fits the plot of the scene but also emphasizes the influence of Wagner’s music on the film’s soundtrack recording.
- The film contains 804 scenes with special effects.
- During the final battle between Neo and Smith and during the end credits, a Sanskrit shloka in a European style is repeated: “Asatoma Sat Gamaya, Tamasoma Jyotir Gamaya, Mrityorma Anritam Gamaya,” which literally translates to: “Lead me from unreal to real, lead me from darkness to light, lead me from temporal to eternity.”
- At the 12th minute of the film, when the Conductor jumps onto the opposite platform just before the train arrives, you can notice that Seraph, Trinity, and Morpheus, who are chasing him, disappear from the platform.
- The name of the station between the Machine World and the Matrix is Mobil Ave. Mobil is an anagram of Limbo, which translates to purgatory, a place between Heaven and Hell.
- Gloria Foster, who played the role of the Oracle in the first two installments, died before she could reprise her role in the third film, and was replaced by Mary Alice. The filmmakers added a plot point to account for the character's change in appearance, and also admitted that, coincidentally, one version of the script had the Oracle changing appearance anyway.
- At the 25th minute of the film, when Trinity exits the train car and runs to Neo, you can notice that the suitcase previously left by Rama-Kandra is not on the platform, and the debris from the destroyed wall opposite, into which Neo was thrown, is also missing.
- The black cat at the end of the film is the same cat from the déjà vu scene in “The Matrix” (1999).
- The ship referred to as "The Hammer" is actually named "Mjolnir," after Thor's hammer (the god of thunder, storms, and fertility in Germanic-Scandinavian mythology).
- At the 23rd minute of the film, Seraph knocks out one of the Merovingian's henchmen. After a cut, when Trinity is waiting for the pistol flying through the air, the henchman's body lies next to the table. In the next scene, when the fight stops, from a top angle, you can notice that the club visitor's body is lying in a different position.
- At the 19th minute of the film, there is one olive skewered on the skewer in the Merovingian's hand. When the Merovingian eats the olive from the skewer in one of the following scenes, a second fruit is already next to it.
- The special effects team took two months to develop machines to simulate perfectly straight falling raindrops.
- When Trinity is pursuing the Merovingian, you can notice an advertisement for “Powerade”. When “The Matrix Reloaded” appeared in theaters, “Powerade” commercials in the style of “The Matrix” were released in the USA.
- The street where Neo and Smith fight in the climax of the film is the same street from which Neo called at the end of “The Matrix” (1999).
- The Oracle smokes "Double Destiny" cigarettes.
- Many of the “raindrops” in the final battle between Neo and Smith are actually single-line matrix code, similar to what the characters see on computer screens when observing the Matrix. This effect was specifically added to show that the Matrix was beginning to destabilize. The effect is very noticeable on large cinema screens, but it can also be seen on home televisions: during close-ups, pay attention to the drops “jumping” like electrostatic interference.
- The film premiered simultaneously in the world's largest cities: November 5th at 6:00 PM in Los Angeles (local time), 9:00 PM in New York, 2:00 PM in London, 5:00 PM in Moscow, 11:00 PM in Tokyo, 1:00 AM in Sydney, as well as in 50 other countries around the world.
- In the final scene of the film, the viewer sees green colors and a blue sky inside the Matrix for the first time throughout the trilogy.
- At the 14th minute of the film, when the Merovingian hits Neo and throws him into the wall, you can notice that a stunt double takes the hit instead of Keanu Reeves.
- At the 53-minute mark, when Bane holds a knife to Trinity's throat, the blood trail on her neck appears and disappears.
- At the 33rd minute of the film, Seraph attempts to open a door while standing in a dark corridor. When he breaks down the door and enters the room, it can be noticed that lighting has appeared in the corridor behind him.
- Filming of “The Matrix Reloaded” (2003) and “The Matrix Revolutions” (2003) began simultaneously in Oakland and San Francisco in late March 2001. The actual filming schedule was 250 days.
- Ian Bliss was partially cast in the film due to his physical resemblance to Hugo Weaving.
- When Neo goes to the Oracle, “I'm Beginning to See the Light” plays in the background; the same composition, in a different version, plays in a similar scene in “The Matrix” (1999).
- At the 18th minute of the film, Trinity knocks one of the Merovingian's henchmen into the wall. After the impact, only the henchman's legs are visible, but when Trinity, Morpheus, and Seraph walk by him in the next shot, not only his legs but also his head and arms are visible through the hole in the wall.
- The creators were inspired by the final fight in "Run Lola Run" (1999) for the final showdown between Smith and Neo.
- At the 27th minute of the film, Pythia sits down at a table and puts on a bracelet. A few seconds later, after a cut, she puts the bracelet on again.
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