62-538: The Matrix Revolutions: Music from the Motion Picture is a 2003 soundtrack album from the film, The Matrix Revolutions . The track "Navras" was used by rhythmic gymnasts Simona Peycheva of Bulgaria and Penelope Blackmore of Australia in their respective ribbon routines at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games . This soundtrack -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . The Matrix Revolutions The Matrix Revolutions
124-427: A fully realized Matrix universe." Entertainment Weekly gave it a B and said that it "wants to be so many different games that it doesn't excel at any one of them." The Cincinnati Enquirer gave it three-and-a-half stars out of five and said that the game "isn't a perfect slice of interactive entertainment, but it does provide at least a dozen hours of action-packed fun and serves as a clever vehicle to expand on
186-519: A gun to fight off incoming enemies. A hacking system allows players to enter codes, which can unlock special skills, weapons and secrets, such as a 2-player versus mode. The story begins with Niobe, captain of the Logos , and Ghost, her first mate, retrieving a package left in the Matrix by the crew of the recently destroyed rebel ship Osiris . After being pursued by Agents , Ghost and Niobe escape from
248-593: A hell of a ride ." Aside from Ghost and Niobe, there are numerous secondary characters in Enter The Matrix . Enter the Matrix was designed, like the 2003 animated film The Animatrix , to be an integral part of the Matrix milieu . The game includes one hour of live action 35 mm film footage written and directed specifically for the game by The Wachowskis . The martial arts moves and game engine cutscenes feature actions motion captured directly from
310-444: A loose remix of "Neodämmerung"). The Matrix Revolutions was released in theaters roughly three weeks after The Matrix Reloaded arrived on DVD , on October 14, 2003. The film had the widest release ever opening simultaneously in 108 territories at 1400 Greenwich Mean Time on November 5, 2003. On opening day, The Matrix Revolutions scored $ 24.3 million, becoming the third-highest Wednesday opening, behind The Lord of
372-472: A potential reboot , said that they had not heard anything, but she believed that the studio might be looking to replace them. At various times, Keanu Reeves and Hugo Weaving have stated that they would be willing to reprise their roles in potential Matrix films, but only if the Wachowskis were involved. In March 2017, The Hollywood Reporter wrote that Warner Bros. was in early stages of developing
434-521: A relaunch of the franchise, with Zak Penn in talks to write a treatment, and interest in getting Michael B. Jordan attached to star. According to the article neither the Wachowskis nor Joel Silver were involved at that stage, although the studio would like to get at minimum the blessing of the Wachowskis. Warner Bros. officially announced the development on a fourth film in August 2019, with Lana Wachowski serving as director and producer on it. Lana wrote
496-543: A result of an attack on her by the Merovingian. The Merovingian's attack was facilitated by a sacrificial trade with the compassionate program Rama-Kandra. The Merovingian acquired the deletion codes for the Oracle's external "shell", and in exchange, he gave Rama-Kandra's daughter, Sati, her freedom, despite her lack of purpose in the machine world. The Oracle foretells, however, that Sati will play an important role in both
558-478: A superior film-to-game conversion. Positive comments came from IGN , Game Informer , and Nintendo Power , with NP stating, "its game play suffers from repetition, but this two-disc technomelange has tons of great stuff for Matrix fans." IGN's review, while mixed, praised its presentation and sound, stating that "you can't get much better than having the Wachowskis filming your cutscenes," and "Kudos to
620-500: A wave of machines outside of the Machine City. To avoid the onslaught, they fly above them to open sky, and then crash into a building, fatally wounding Trinity. Neo enters the Machine City and encounters the leadership of the machines in the form of the " Deus Ex Machina ." Neo warns that Smith plans to conquer both the Matrix and the real world and offers to stop Smith in exchange for peace with Zion. The Deus Ex Machina agrees, and
682-462: Is a 2003 American science fiction action film written and directed by the Wachowskis . It is the third installment in The Matrix film series , released six months following The Matrix Reloaded . The film stars Keanu Reeves , Laurence Fishburne , Carrie-Anne Moss , Hugo Weaving , Jada Pinkett Smith , Monica Bellucci , Lambert Wilson , and Mary Alice who replaced Gloria Foster as
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#1732783590547744-577: Is overwhelmed by a horde of Sentinels, and the fatally wounded Captain Mifune instructs Kid to open the gate for the Mjolnir , which he does with the aid of Zee . When it arrives, it discharges its EMP , disabling all the Sentinels present but also Zion's remaining defenses. The humans are forced to retreat and wait for the next attack, thinking it will be their last stand. The Logos is attacked by
806-537: Is the ship's first mate , weapons guru, and a deep-thinking, philosophical assassin . The game takes place at roughly the same time as the events in Reloaded . Players play as either Niobe or Ghost, each of whom have slight variations during their story. Most levels involve controlling players in a third-person perspective , using guns and fighting skills to defeat opponents and complete level objectives. At any time, players can activate bullet time (called "Focus" in
868-537: The Chicago Sun-Times gave the film three stars out of four, despite offering criticisms of his own, on the grounds that it at least provided closure to the story well enough so that fans following the series would prefer seeing it as to not. While making the Matrix films, the Wachowskis told their close collaborators that at that time they had no intention of making another installment after The Matrix Revolutions . Instead, they gave their blessing to
930-610: The Atari brand name. The first game based on The Matrix film series , its story is concurrent with that of the film The Matrix Reloaded and features over an hour of original footage, written and directed by the Wachowskis and starring the cast of the films, produced for the game. Released in May 2003, the same month as The Matrix Reloaded , Enter the Matrix was simultaneously produced with The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions . While it received mixed reviews from critics,
992-627: The COVID-19 pandemic , and wrapped in November of that same year. The film, The Matrix Resurrections , had its world premiere in Toronto, Canada on December 16, 2021, and was released in theaters and on HBO Max on December 22, 2021. Enter the Matrix Enter the Matrix is a 2003 action-adventure video game developed by Shiny Entertainment and published by Infogrames under
1054-416: The Logos , takes Trinity hostage. Neo realizes that Bane has been assimilated by Smith, and a fight ensues. Bane burns Neo's eyes with a power cable, blinding him. Neo discovers that he can still "see" machine source code in the real world and uses this ability to kill Bane. Trinity pilots them to the Machine City. Niobe and Morpheus rush toward Zion in the Mjolnir to aid the human defenses. Zion's shipyard
1116-414: The Matrix trilogy as characters and ideas take a back seat to the special effects." On Metacritic , the film has a weighted average score of 47 out of 100 based on 41 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale, a grade down from the "B+" earned by the previous film and two grades down from the "A−" earned by
1178-530: The Oracle following Foster's death in 2001. The film was released simultaneously in 108 territories on November 5, 2003, by Warner Bros. Pictures . While being the final entry in the original trilogy of the series, the Matrix storyline was continued in The Matrix Online video game. The Matrix Revolutions was the first live-action feature film to be released in both regular and IMAX theaters at
1240-537: The Oracle , who informs them of Neo's confinement. Seraph, Morpheus and Trinity enter Club Hel , where they confront the Merovingian and force him to release Neo. Troubled by visions of the Machine City, Neo visits the Oracle, who reveals that Smith intends to destroy both the Matrix and the real world. She tells him that "everything that has a beginning has an end." After Neo leaves, a large group of Smiths assimilates Sati and Seraph. The Oracle does not resist assimilation, and Smith gains her powers of precognition . In
1302-682: The video game Enter the Matrix . This took place primarily at Fox Studios in Sydney , Australia . Most notably, the subway scenes were filmed at the disused tunnels of St James railway station , and the end sequence with the Oracle and the Architect was filmed in the Royal Botanic Garden . Carrie-Anne Moss injured her ankle during the shooting in Australia. In contrast to its predecessors, very few "source" tracks are used in
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#17327835905471364-464: The Matrix sets, though, with its massively hyped synergy and narrative overlap with Reloaded , is that it seems the film itself has been deliberately made to suffer, to donate some of its lifeblood so that its vampiric brood can feed on it. In Reloaded , Niobe and her crew go to blow up the nuclear power plant, a feat of security bypassing which would presumably require something like a lobby scene squared. Instead, we see nothing until they are already in
1426-409: The Matrix and the real world. Plans for a Matrix video game began in November 1999, following the film 's release. The Wachowskis had talks with Shiny Entertainment and Konami to develop the title around this time. At E3 2000 , the title was officially announced, with Shiny Entertainment as the developer and their then-owner Interplay Entertainment as the publisher. The game would be based on
1488-473: The Matrix causes the Neo-Smith clone, then all the other Smith clones, to be destroyed, restoring the Oracle and killing Neo. The Sentinels withdraw from Zion, Morpheus and Niobe embrace, and Neo's body is carried away by the machines. The Matrix is rebooted, and the Architect meets the Oracle in a park. They agree that the peace will last "as long as it can" and that those humans who desire it will be offered
1550-412: The Matrix with the package, which turns out to be a message to the human city Zion , warning them that the machines are approaching with an army of at least 250,000 Sentinels. Niobe and Ghost are tasked with calling the rest of the ships back to Zion to coordinate a defense. With this in mind, the captains of the various ships hold a meeting in the Matrix to decide on how best to defend themselves. During
1612-467: The PS2 version of Enter the Matrix as " Max Payne with celebrity scriptwriters", and said that the films' fluid fight choreography could not be matched by the game's control system, and that the game's centred view, while practical, was not as interesting as the "kinetic montage" of camera angles used in the movies' action scenes. He also expressed other concerns: The most worrying new precedent that Enter
1674-465: The PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube and Microsoft Windows simultaneously. In March 2003, the game was announced to be released on May 15, the same day as The Matrix Reloaded . It was also shown off at E3 2003 at the now-named Atari's booth, within the release of the title. Overall, Enter the Matrix took two and a half years to produce on a budget of $ 20 million, not including marketing expenses or
1736-545: The Rings: The Two Towers and Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace . During its three-day opening weekend, it would earn $ 48.5 million. In its first five days of release, the film grossed $ 83.8 million in the United States and Canada from 3,502 theaters, but dropped 66% during the second week. For three years, it had the highest five-day Wednesday opening for any Warner Bros. film until it
1798-441: The Sentinels shut down, stopping the attack on Zion. The Machines plug Neo into the Matrix, whose population has now been entirely assimilated by Smith. The Smith with the Oracle's powers steps forth, telling Neo that he has foreseen his victory against Neo. After a protracted fight, Neo appears to concede defeat and allows himself to be assimilated. Outside the Matrix, the machines send a surge of energy into Neo's body, which inside
1860-655: The United States. Next Generation ranked it as the 39th highest-selling game launched for the PlayStation 2 , Xbox or GameCube between January 2000 and July 2006 in that country. Combined sales of Enter the Matrix console releases reached 1.9 million units in the United States by July 2006. Worldwide, the game sold 5 million units. Enter the Matrix received "mixed or average" reviews according to video game review aggregator Metacritic . Two critics from Electronic Gaming Monthly gave it "bad" scores; another later admitted that his "average" score for
1922-595: The Wachowskis when he informed them that it would be wasteful for such a large choir to be singing simple "ooh"s and "aah"s (according to the DVD commentary, Davis felt that the dramatic impact of the piece would be lost if the choir was to sing 'This is the one, see what he can do' in plain English). These extracts return in the film's denouement, and in Navras , the track that plays over the closing credits (which may be considered
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1984-453: The continuity of the Matrix universe is the first appearance of actress Mary Alice in the role of the Oracle. Gloria Foster , the original actress, had died of complications related to diabetes early in the production of The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions . She had filmed her scenes for Reloaded , but was yet to complete her work on Revolutions . The game includes a sequence specifically explaining her change of appearance, as
2046-414: The control room. Why? Because that's what you get to do in the game instead. The film's sense of rhythm and victory over threat is compromised just so we can bash buttons on our consoles at home. It's as though James Cameron had cut footage out of Aliens so that it could be rendered in blocky 2D graphics in the 1987 Spectrum / C64 tie-in game released by Electric Dreams — which remains, actually,
2108-639: The cost of the extra hour of movie footage. Keanu Reeves was said to have made $ 2.5 million for his voice work on the game. In March 2004, with the success of the title, Atari announced that the game would be re-released in Europe under Sony's Platinum , Nintendo's Player's Choice and Microsoft's Xbox Classics ranges at a new lower price, while the PC version would be re-released as well under Atari's own "Best of Atari" label. The budget PS2 and PC versions were newer versions, which include bonus minigames not found on
2170-543: The early days of the Matrix who now operates an illegal smuggling ring within the program. Ultimately, the Merovingian destroys the key, but Niobe and Ghost are able to escape, when the Keymaker realizes that it is too early for the key to be given to Neo. Niobe later volunteers to go find the Nebuchadnezzar , the ship captained by Morpheus, upon which Neo serves, and the only ship yet to return to Zion. Upon finding
2232-586: The end of 2003, including their five most disappointing titles of the year. One common complaint was that players wanted to play as trilogy protagonist Neo rather than secondary characters Ghost and Niobe, an issue Shiny Entertainment addressed with their later Matrix game Path of Neo . "Did you know that the Matrix runs best on a specific processor and video card ? And here all this time you thought it just needed human batteries...". —Gamespot Editors in 2003 Steven Poole , in his column in Edge , described
2294-716: The energetic drumming from the Reloaded tea house fight between Neo and Seraph opens "Tetsujin", as Seraph, Trinity and Morpheus fight off Club Hel's three doormen. The climactic battle theme, named "Neodämmerung" (in reference to Wagner 's Götterdämmerung ), features a choir singing extracts ( shlokas ) from the Pavamana Mantra , introduced in the Upanishads . The chorus can be roughly translated from Sanskrit as follows: "lead us from untruth to truth, lead us from darkness to light, lead us from death to immortality, peace peace peace". The extracts were brought to Davis by
2356-560: The film. Aside from Don Davis ' score, again collaborating with Juno Reactor , only one external track (by Pale 3 ) is used. Although Davis rarely focuses on strong melodies, familiar leitmotifs from earlier in the series reappear. For example, Neo and Trinity's love theme—which briefly surfaces in the two preceding films—is finally fully expanded into "Trinity Definitely"; the theme from the Zion docks in Reloaded returns as "Men in Metal", and
2418-440: The films' actors and stunt doubles to recreate their unique fighting style, and were created under the supervision of the series' fight scene choreographer Yuen Woo-ping . The player learns that Neo is not the only target of Persephone's predilection for trading kisses for esoteric information; Niobe and Ghost are both put into positions where they must submit to her whims in order to gain critical information. Significant also to
2480-414: The first film, therefore the second lowest grade earned by a film in the series. Some critics criticized the film for being anticlimactic . Additionally, some critics regard the film as less philosophically ambiguous than its predecessor, The Matrix Reloaded . Critics had difficulty finding closure pertaining to events from The Matrix Reloaded , and were generally dissatisfied. Roger Ebert of
2542-475: The franchise, however, Interplay would remain as publisher. Due to financial difficulties, Interplay sold Shiny to Infogrames in April 2002 for $ 47 million, with the Matrix license transferring over. With the delay of the now-named The Matrix Reloaded , the game was now scheduled for a May 2003 release. At E3 2002, the title for the game was officially announced as Enter the Matrix , and would be released for
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2604-548: The game had sold 1 million units for all four platforms in North America and Europe combined. By June, the game sold 2.5 million units and became the company's fastest-selling title in history. Within March 2004, the title sold 5 million units, and was reissued under the console's budget labels around this time. By July 2006, the PlayStation 2 version of Enter the Matrix had sold 1.2 million copies and earned $ 58 million in
2666-462: The game sold 5 million copies as of May 2004. Enter the Matrix gives players control of two of the supporting characters from Reloaded and Revolutions , Ghost ( Anthony Wong ) and Niobe ( Jada Pinkett Smith ), members of the same group of rebels as Morpheus , Trinity , and Neo , the protagonists of the series. Niobe is the Captain of the Logos , the fastest ship in the rebel fleet. Ghost
2728-421: The game was more positive than the game actually deserved. Mark MacDonald was especially scathing, writing "In more than 20 years of playing games, I have never seen a console game as obviously unfinished and rushed to market as Enter the Matrix . ... This game is a complete mess, and that's the only thing complete about it." GameSpot listed Enter the Matrix in several of their "Dubious Honors" lists at
2790-434: The game) which slows down time, giving players the ability to perform actions such as shooting in midair and dodging bullets. Some levels involve one-on-one martial arts fighting against single opponents. In levels involving vehicles, such as driving a car or piloting the Logos , the style of game play depends on the selected player, commonly with Niobe maneuvering the vehicles to avoid obstacles, whilst Ghost takes control of
2852-624: The highest worldwide opening weekend for any film, holding the record until it was beaten by The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King a month later. The Matrix Revolutions would also achieve the record for having the biggest international opening weekend for an R-rated film until 2015 when it was surpassed by Fifty Shades of Grey . The film grossed over $ 139 million in North America and approximately $ 427 million worldwide, roughly half of The Matrix Reloaded box-office total, and
2914-410: The human and machine worlds. The player character barely escapes from the hundreds of Smith copies and the Matrix. Once out, the Logos is attacked by the machines. They defeat the machines by setting off an EMP , which disables their own ship in the process. As the game ends, Niobe and Ghost wait in the Logos , hoping that they will be rescued. The two wonder what's coming but believe that it will be "
2976-601: The medical bay of the ship Mjolnir . Inside the Matrix, Neo is trapped in a subway station named Mobil Ave, a transition zone between the Matrix and the machine world. He meets a "family" of programs, including a girl named Sati. The "father" tells Neo the subway is controlled by the Trainman, a program loyal to the Merovingian . When Neo tries to board a train with the family, the Trainman refuses and overpowers him. Seraph contacts Morpheus and Trinity on behalf of
3038-471: The meeting, Agents attack the building they are in, although Niobe and Ghost are able to help their allies escape. They then encounter the Keymaker , a program capable of accessing any area in the Matrix, who leads them to safety through a door he created. The Keymaker gives the two a key that they are supposed to give to Neo. However, the key is stolen by henchmen of the Merovingian , a program created during
3100-467: The movie's principal characters is a bummer, but there's no denying that playing through Enter the Matrix will actually increase your appreciation of the Matrix universe as a whole." They also praised the GameCube version, specifically: "A big 'thank you' to Atari and Shiny for making sure that Nintendo's little cube didn't get shafted. The GameCube version actually ships on two disks to accommodate all
3162-441: The notion of gamers "inherit[ing] the storyline", and The Matrix Online video game was billed as the official continuation. In February 2015, in interviews promoting Jupiter Ascending , Lilly Wachowski called a return to The Matrix a "particularly repelling idea in these times", noting the studios' tendency to green-light sequels, reboots, and adaptations over original material, while Lana Wachowski, addressing rumors about
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#17327835905473224-438: The opportunity to leave the Matrix. The Oracle tells Sati (who created a beautiful sunrise for Neo) that she thinks they will see Neo again. Seraph asks the Oracle if she knew this would happen. She replies that she did not know, but she believed. The film's budget was estimated between US$ 110 million and $ 150 million. Filming occurred concurrently with its predecessor, The Matrix Reloaded , and live-action sequences for
3286-402: The original releases. A promotional CD release of the soundtrack accompanied the video game, with compositions by Erik Lundborg in the style of Don Davis , who composed the music for the films. Other musical groups, such as Evanescence , Fluke , Clawfinger , and Celldweller , are featured in the game and are credited in the game's booklet. Within a week of release, Atari announced that
3348-502: The real world, the crews of the Nebuchadnezzar and the Mjolnir find and reactivate Niobe's ship, the Logos . They interrogate Bane, who says that he has no recollection of the earlier massacre. As the captains plan their defense of Zion, Neo requests a ship to travel to the Machine City. Motivated by her encounter with the Oracle , Niobe offers him the Logos . Neo departs, accompanied by Trinity. Bane, who has stowed away on
3410-543: The same time. It grossed $ 427 million worldwide, making it the eighth-highest-grossing film of 2003 . The film received mixed reviews on Metacritic and negative reviews on Rotten Tomatoes , which criticized it for focusing on special effects over characterization. A fourth film, titled The Matrix Resurrections , began production in February 2020 and was released on December 22, 2021. Picking up immediately where Reloaded ended, Neo and Bane still lie unconscious in
3472-511: The screenplay with David Mitchell and Aleksander Hemon . Grant Hill produced it alongside Lana. The production is a joint-venture between Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures , similar to the original films. Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss reprise their roles from the previous films; Laurence Fishburne and Hugo Weaving do not appear in the film. Production began in February 2020 in San Francisco , briefly halted due to
3534-471: The ship and its crew, and helping them escape from the Matrix, Niobe and Ghost agree to help in Neo's mission against the machines, agreeing to destroy a power plant. After this mission is completed, the Oracle , a program that often gives the humans advice, requests that the player character come and speak to her. After their conversation, the player is confronted by Smith , a rogue Agent that seeks to destroy both
3596-458: The sound team for bringing the movie audio to life in the game. Excellent sound design, and a great score." The IGN review also said, "Things could have been much better with a few more months in development. That said, the story elements and the way the [Wachowskis] tie together the Matrix movies, the Animatrix shorts, and the game is exceptional. Not being able to slip into the black robes of
3658-553: The then-untitled second movie and would be released for the PlayStation 2 in 2002, the same year the sequel was due to release. On May 1, 2001, Interplay announced that the game would also be released for the Xbox , with Microsoft paying $ 5 million to secure a six-month exclusivity deal to release the title on the Xbox before any other console, supply exclusive content for the version, and also securing exclusive online gaming rights to
3720-444: The video and audio content. DPLII , progressive scan , DIVX compression — it's all used to full effect to make sure the GameCube version is as good as it can be." Even non-video game publications gave the game some positive acclaim. Maxim gave it a score of eight out of ten and said it was "by no means a weak attempt to cash in on a franchise...Gamers not only get tons of extra movie action but also get to run, kick, and shoot in
3782-558: Was taken by Superman Returns in 2006. The film would even compete against the newly released family films Brother Bear and Elf . Internationally, the film grossed $ 119 million in its first 5 days from 10,013 prints in 107 territories, with the third-biggest opening ever in Japan and Spain and the fourth biggest in the United Kingdom, Italy and Mexico. Combined, it grossed $ 203 million in its first five days. This made it
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#17327835905473844-477: Was the eighth-highest-grossing film of 2003 . The Matrix Revolutions was released on DVD and VHS on April 6, 2004. The film grossed $ 116 million in DVD sales. Additionally, it was released on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray on October 30, 2018. On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes , The Matrix Revolutions holds an approval rating of 34% based on 218 reviews and an average rating of 5.30/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "A disappointing conclusion to
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