The Matrix Revolutions (2003)

The Matrix Revolutions is a 2003 American science fiction film and the third installment of The Matrix trilogy. The film was released six months following The Matrix Reloaded. The film was written and directed by the Wachowski brothers and released simultaneously in sixty countries on November 5, 2003. Despite the fact that it is the final film in the series, the Matrix storyline continued in The Matrix Online. The film was the second live-action film to be released in both regular and IMAX movie theaters at the same time.

The film begins where The Matrix Reloaded ended. Bane and Neo are both unconscious, but Neo shows neural patterns suggesting he is in the Matrix. Morpheus decides to start a search for Neo within the Matrix. Neo finds himself trapped in a subway station; a transition zone between the Matrix and the machine world. At this station, Neo meets a 'family' of programs, including a girl named Sati, whose father tells Neo that the station is controlled by a program called The Trainman, an exile loyal only to the Merovingian who exerts complete control over the subway. When Neo tries to board the train with the family, the Trainman refuses to let him aboard. Seraph contacts Morpheus on behalf of the Oracle. The Oracle, with a changed appearance, informs Morpheus and Trinity of Neo's confinement. Seraph, Morpheus, and Trinity pursue the Trainman to secure Neo's release. The trio enters Club Hel to confront the Merovingian to release Neo. The Merovingian demands "the eyes of the Oracle" in exchange for Neo's release. Trinity loses her patience and provokes a Mexican standoff, forcing the Merovingian to release Neo. Troubled by visions of the Machine City, Neo decides to visit the Oracle. She characterizes Smith as Neo's exact "opposite" and "negative", who threatens to destroy the Matrix and eventually the Machine City. She states that "everything that has a beginning has an end", and that the war is about to end "one way or another." After Neo leaves the Oracle, a large group of "Smiths," after assimilating Sati and Seraph, arrive to assimilate the unresisting Oracle, gaining her powers of precognition. In the real world, the remaining crew of the Nebuchadnezzar and the Mjolnir ("Hammer") encounter Niobe's deactivated ship, the Logos, and its crew. They successfully reactivate the ship and begin to interrogate the now awakened Bane, who claims he has no memory of the events of the earlier battle. As the ship captains plan to return to defend Zion, Neo announces that he needs a ship to travel to the Machine City. The captain of the Hammer refuses to allow it, citing his rights as ship's captain. However, motivated by her meeting with the Oracle, Niobe offers Neo the Logos, rebuking the captain of the Hammer when he attempts to prevent her from exercising the rights he had just extolled. Niobe pilots the Hammer through a series of service tunnels, which are nearly impossible to navigate, in order to avoid the Sentinel army. Shortly after departure, they discover that Bane has murdered a crew member and has hidden aboard the Logos. They also come to realize that it was Bane who fired the EMP which disabled the human fleet after it had engaged the Sentinel army. Despite this discovery, they are unable to warn Trinity and Neo. Before the Logos can depart, Bane ambushes Trinity and takes her hostage. Neo fights Bane, and reveals him to be Smith. During the struggle, Smith blinds Neo by cauterizing his eyes with a severed power cable. In spite of his blindness, Neo can see the glowing form of Smith and kills him. Trinity pilots them towards the Machine City. In Zion, the defenders deploy infantry armed with rocket launchers and Armored Personnel Units. The docks are invaded by a massive horde of Sentinels and two giant drilling machines. Outnumbered and overwhelmed by the attackers, the APUs are unable to hold the Dock, and their leader Captain Mifune is fatally wounded. With his last breath, Mifune tells the Kid, who has been rearming his APU, to open the gate for the Hammer. Encouraged by Mifune, Kid pilots the APU and opens the gate with the help of Link's wife Zee who destroys a Sentinel and saves him. The Sentinels are on the verge of overwhelming the remaining humans when the Hammer, with more Sentinels in pursuit, arrives at Zion and sets off its EMP, disabling the Sentinels, but also the remaining defenses. Although they have bought a temporary reprieve, the humans are forced to retreat to the temple's entrance and wait for the next attack, preparing for what they believe will be their last stand. Nearing the Machine City, Neo and Trinity are attacked by the city's largest defense machines, which begin to propel sentinel bombs. Neo uses his powers to destroy the incoming bombs/sentinels, but the Sentinels soon overwhelm the ship. To evade them Neo tells Trinity to fly the Logos into an electrical storm cloud. Their action disables the Sentinels, but also disables the ship's engines. Above the cloud layer, Trinity sees a glimpse of sunlight and blue sky for the first time. The ship then free-falls directly toward the Machine City. The ship collides with a tower, the impact of the collision causing several pieces of the tower to pierce the ship, fatally wounding Trinity by spearing her to the deck. She dies in Neo's embrace. Neo enters into the Machine City to strike a bargain with the Machines, personified by a literal deus ex machina. Neo warns that Smith is beyond the Machines' control and will soon assault the Source. He offers to help stop Smith in exchange for a ceasefire with Zion: the Machines agree, causing all the Sentinels attacking Zion to stand down and await orders. The Machines provide a connection for Neo to enter the Matrix and confront Smith. In the Matrix, which is now wholly populated by Smith's copies, the clone with the Oracle's powers steps forth, claiming that he has already foreseen his own victory. The Smith clones stand by and watch while Neo and the primary Smith hold an epic final battle on the streets and in the sky, until they finally brawl in a flooded crater. Neo is outmatched by Smith but refuses to give up. Now, seeing Neo's power and determination, a frustrated Smith continues to attack, but when he suddenly repeats the Oracle's words, "Everything that has a beginning has an end," Neo realizes the meaning behind the words and baits Smith into assimilating him. With Neo's body serving as a conduit to the Smiths, the deus ex machina sends an energy surge through his body. The Neo-Smith and the rest of the clones then burst, from the eyes to the rest of their bodies, in light which ripples through the whole Matrix – thus restoring it and its citizens back to normal. After the massive burst of energy, the Oracle's body is shown lying in the crater. Back in the real world, the waiting Sentinels withdraw from Zion. The people of Zion including Morpheus, Niobe and Kid, celebrate and cheer at Neo's victory over Smith. Looking up as the Sentinels leave, a tearful Niobe thanks Neo with deep gratitude for saving them, hoping he can hear her voice. Neo having sacrificed his life to save both the Machines and the humans from Smith's threat, the deus ex machina says, "It is done," and Neo's body is carried away with reverence by the Machines. The Matrix "reboots", repairing the damage caused by Neo and Smith's battle. A cat is seen repeating the same action, and is picked up by Sati. The Architect and the Oracle meet, both agreeing to unplug all humans who want to be freed, and that peace will last "as long as it can." Sati, who has created a colorful dawn sky in honor of Neo, asks the Oracle if they will ever see him again to which she replies that she thinks that they will. Seraph asks the Oracle if she knew all along that this would happen, and she replies that she didn't know, but she did believe.