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other inhabitants of the Matrix, including the new upgraded Production Village
Agents. He tries to take over Neo's body but fails, prompting a companies Roadshow
battle between Neo and many copies of Smith. Neo defends
Pictures
himself, but is forced to retreat.
NPV
Neo, Morpheus, and Trinity visit the Merovingian, who is Entertainment
imprisoning the Keymaker. The Merovingian, a rogue Silver Pictures
program with his own agenda, refuses to let him go. His wife
Persephone, seeking revenge on her husband for his infidelity, Distributed by Warner Bros.
leads the trio to the Keymaker. Morpheus, Trinity, and the Pictures
Keymaker flee while Neo holds off the Merovingian's Release dates May 7, 2003
henchmen. Morpheus and Trinity try to escape with the
(Mann Village
Keymaker, pursued by several Agents and the Merovingian's
Theatre)
chief henchmen, the Twins. After a long chase, Trinity escapes,
Morpheus defeats the Twins, and Neo saves Morpheus and the May 15, 2003
Keymaker from Agent Johnson. Running time 138 minutes[1]
The crews of the Nebuchadnezzar, Vigilant, and Logos help Country United
the Keymaker and Neo reach the Source. The Logos crew must States[2][3]
destroy a power plant and the Vigilant crew must disable a Language English
back-up power station to bypass a security system, which will
allow Neo to enter the Source. Haunted by a vision of Trinity's Budget $127[4]–150[5]
death, he asks her to remain on the Nebuchadnezzar. The million
Logos is successful, but the Vigilant is destroyed by a Sentinel. Box office $741.8 million[5]
Trinity replaces the Vigilant crew and completes their
mission. Agent Thompson corners her and they fight. As Neo, Morpheus, and the Keymaker try to
reach the Source, the Smiths ambush them. The Keymaker is killed after unlocking the door to the
Source for Neo.
Neo meets a program called the Architect, the creator of the Matrix, who explains that as the One,
Neo is himself an intentional part of the design of the Matrix, which is now in its sixth iteration.
Neo is meant to stop the Matrix's fatal system crash that naturally recurs due to the concept of
human choice within it. As with the five previous Ones, Neo has a choice: either reboot the Matrix
from the Source and pick a handful of survivors to repopulate the soon-to-be-destroyed Zion, as
his predecessors all did, or go to save the imperiled Trinity, causing the Matrix to crash and killing
everyone in it. Neo chooses the latter, prompting a dismissive response from the Architect.
Neo's vision of Trinity comes true as she is shot by Agent Thompson while falling off a building.
Before she hits the ground, Neo arrives and catches her. He then removes the bullet from her chest
and restarts her heart. They return to the real world, where Sentinels attack them. The
Nebuchadnezzar is destroyed, but the crew escape. As the Sentinels catch up to them, Neo realizes
he is able to sense the machines in the real world, and telepathically destroys them but falls into a
coma from the effort. The crew are picked up by another ship, the Hammer. Its captain reveals
that other ships defending Zion were wiped out by the machines after someone prematurely
activated an EMP. Only one survivor was found: the Smith-possessed Bane.
Cast
Keanu Reeves as Neo
Laurence Fishburne as Morpheus
Carrie-Anne Moss as Trinity
Hugo Weaving as Smith
Jada Pinkett Smith as Niobe
Harold Perrineau as Link
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Zee was originally played by Aaliyah, who died in a plane crash on August 25, 2001, before filming
was complete, requiring her scenes to be reshot with Nona Gaye.[8][9] Jet Li was offered the role of
Seraph, but turned it down as he did not want his martial arts moves digitally recorded.[10]
Production
Filming
film the Burly Brawl sequence, which was combined with motion capture and CGI.[13] This would
become one of the most expensive action scenes, costing $40 million to make.[14] Around 97% of
the materials from the sets of the film were recycled after production was completed; for example,
tons of wood were sent to Mexico to build low-income housing.[15]
Visual effects
Following the success of the previous film, the Wachowskis came up with extremely difficult action
sequences, such as the Burly Brawl, a scene in which Neo had to fight 100 Agent Smiths. To
develop technologies for the film, Warner Bros. launched ESC Entertainment.[16] The ESC team
tried to figure out how to bring the Wachowskis' vision to the screen, but because bullet time
required arrays of carefully aligned cameras and months of planning, even for a brief scene
featuring two or three actors, a scene like the Burly Brawl seemed almost impossible as envisioned
and could take years to composite. Eventually John Gaeta realized that the technology he and his
crew had developed for The Matrix's bullet time was no longer sufficient and concluded they
needed a virtual camera (in other words, a simulation of a camera). Having before used real
photographs of buildings as texture for 3D models in The Matrix, the team started digitizing all
data, such as scenes, characters' motions, or even the reflectivity of Neo's cassock. The reflectivity
of objects needs to be captured and simulated adequately and Paul Debevec et al. captured the
reflectance of the human face and Borshukov's work was strongly based on the findings of Debevec
et al. They developed "Universal Capture", a process which samples and stores facial details and
expressions at high resolution, then capture expressions from Reeves and Weaving using dense
capture and multi-camera setup (similar to the bullet time rig) photogrammetric capture
technique called optical flow.[17] The algorithm for Universal Capture was written by George
Borshukov, visual effects lead at ESC, who had also created the photo-realistic buildings for the
visual effects in The Matrix. With this collected wealth of data and the right algorithms, they
finally were able to create virtual cinematography in which characters, locations, and events can all
be created digitally and viewed through virtual cameras, eliminating the restrictions of real
cameras, years of compositing data, and replacing the use of still camera arrays or, in some scenes,
cameras altogether. The ESC team rendered the final effects using the program Mental Ray.[16]
Music
Don Davis, who composed for The Matrix, returned to score Reloaded. For many of the pivotal
action sequences, such as the "Burly Brawl", he collaborated with Juno Reactor. Some of the
collaborative cues by Davis and Juno Reactor are extensions of material by Juno Reactor; for
example, a version of "Komit" featuring Davis' strings is used during a flying sequence, and "Burly
Brawl" is essentially a combination of Davis' unused "Multiple Replication" and a piece similar to
Juno Reactor's "Masters of the Universe". One of the collaborations, "Mona Lisa Overdrive", is
titled in reference to the cyberpunk novel of the same name by William Gibson, a major influence
on the directors.
Leitmotifs established in The Matrix return — such as the Matrix main theme, Neo and Trinity's
love theme, the Sentinel's theme, Neo's flying theme, and a more frequent use of the four-note
Agent Smith theme — and others used in Revolutions are established.
As with its predecessor, many tracks by external musicians are featured in the movie, its closing
credits, and the soundtrack album, some of which were written for the film. Many of the musicians
featured, for example Rob Zombie, Rage Against the Machine and Marilyn Manson, had also
appeared on the soundtrack for The Matrix. Rob Dougan also re-contributed, licensing the
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Linkin Park contributed their instrumental song "Session" to the film as well, although it did not
appear during the course of the film. P.O.D. composed a song called "Sleeping Awake", with a
music video which focused heavily on Neo, as well as many images that were part of the film. Both
songs played during the film's credits.
It was originally planned for the electronic band Röyksopp to create the soundtrack, but this offer
was turned down.[18]
Reception
Box office
The Matrix Reloaded earned an estimated $5 million during Wednesday night previews in the
United States and Canada. It grossed $37.5 million on its Thursday opening day from 3,603
theaters, which was the second-highest opening day after Spider-Man 's $39.4 million.[19] The film
earned $91.7 million during its opening weekend and $134.3 million in its first four days, including
the previews.[20] This made it not only the second-highest opening weekend of all time, but also
the biggest opening weekend for any Warner Bros. film, beating Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's
Stone.[21] For six years, the film would hold the record for having the largest number of screenings
for an R-rated film until the opening of Watchmen in March 2009.[22] The Matrix Reloaded also
surpassed Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones to have the highest Thursday
opening.[23][24] It would hold this record for two years until it was taken by Star Wars: Episode III
– Revenge of the Sith in 2005.[25] Additionally, the film had the highest opening weekend for an
R-rated film, overturning the previous record held by Hannibal.[26][24] With a total gross of
$146.9 million, The Matrix Reloaded held the record for having the biggest six-day opening until
2004, when it was surpassed by Spider-Man 2.[27]
The film held the number one spot during its opening weekend, taking the position from X2.[24]
This would be handed to Bruce Almighty, which would be later dethroned by Finding Nemo.[28]
The opening weekend represented roughly 60% of that weekend's box-office tally, but some box-
office prognosticators noted it fell short of lofty expectations set by some in the industry.[29] The
Matrix Reloaded and Finding Nemo both teamed up with Bruce Almighty, X2 and Pirates of the
Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl to become the first five films to make $200 million at the
box office in a single summer season.[30] This was also the fourth R-rated film to cross that mark,
just after Beverly Hills Cop, Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Saving Private Ryan.[31] It would
remain as the year's top-grossing film until Finding Nemo overtook it in July.[32]
Internationally, The Matrix Reloaded opened in 13 territories, including Australia and France, and
grossed $37.5 million in its first week.[33] It expanded to most international territories (62) the
following weekend, except Japan and India, and became the first movie to earn more than $100
million outside the U.S. in one weekend, taking its overseas total to $176 million and worldwide
total to $385 million.[33][34] Grossing over $113.2 million, the film scored the highest international
opening weekend, breaking the previous record held by The Lord of the Rings: The Two
Towers.[35] In Japan, it had the biggest opening of any film in the country, earning $11.5 million
and smashing the previous record held by Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.[36] There
were other opening records in Russia and South Korea.[37] The Japan and South Korea opening
records were both given to Spider-Man 3 in 2007.[38] In the United Kingdom, the film topped the
box office for four weeks until it was overtaken by 2 Fast 2 Furious.[39]
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The film ultimately grossed $281.6 million in the US, and $739.4 million worldwide, becoming the
third-highest-grossing film of 2003, after Finding Nemo and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of
the King.[7] It would have the highest domestic gross for an R-rated film until it was taken by The
Passion of the Christ the next year.[40] For over a decade, The Matrix Reloaded held the record for
being the highest-grossing R-rated film worldwide before Deadpool took it 13 years later.[41] The
film sold an estimated 46,695,900 tickets in North America.[42] Following re-releases, the
worldwide gross of the film is $741.8 million.[5]
Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 74% based on 246 reviews, and an
average score of 6.80/10. The site's critical consensus states: "Though its heady themes are a
departure from its predecessor, The Matrix Reloaded is a worthy sequel packed with popcorn-
friendly thrills."[43] On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score 62 out of 100 based on 40
reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[44] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the
film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale, a grade down from the "A−" earned by the
previous film.[45]
Positive comments from critics included commendation for the quality and intensity of its action
sequences,[46] and its intelligence.[47] Tony Toscano of Talking Pictures had high praise for the
film, saying that "its character development and writing...is so crisp it crackles on the screen" and
that "Matrix Reloaded re-establishes the genre and even raises the bar a notch or two" above the
first film, The Matrix.[48] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times also commended the film, giving
it three and a half stars out of four. He described it as "an immensely skillful sci-fi adventure,
combining the usual elements: heroes and villains, special effects and stunts, chases and
explosions, romance and oratory" and praised the fact that "it develops its world with more detail
than the first movie was able to afford, gives us our first glimpse of the underground human city of
Zion, burrows closer to the heart of the secret of the Matrix, and promotes its hero, Neo, from
confused draftee to a Christ figure in training." He also compared the choreography of the "Burly
Brawl" fight to that of Yuen Woo-ping in the 2000 film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and
called the scene "one of the three great set pieces in the movie" (along with Morpheus'
announcement to the people of Zion and the freeway chase).[49]
Negative comments included the sentiment that the plot was alienating,[50][51] with some critics
regarding the focus on the action as a detriment to the film's human elements.[52][53] Some critics
thought that the number of scenes with expository dialogue worked against the film,[54][55] and the
many unresolved subplots, as well as the cliffhanger ending, were also criticized.[56] Other
criticisms included the film's perceived lack of pacing.[57] Entertainment Weekly named it as one
of "The 25 Worst Sequels Ever Made".[58]
Awards
Censorship
The film was initially banned in Egypt because of the violent content and because it put into
question issues about human creation, "which are related to the three divine religions."[59]
Home media
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The Matrix Reloaded was released on VHS and DVD on October 14, 2003.[60] On the first day
release, the DVD release sold over 4 million units.[61] A Blu-ray release followed on September 7,
2010.[62] The Matrix Reloaded was released as a part of The Matrix Trilogy on 4K UHD Blu-ray
on October 30, 2018.[63]
See also
Simulated reality
List of films featuring powered exoskeletons
Notes
a. Credited as The Wachowski Brothers.
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