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The Matrix Revolutions

2003 film by The Wachowskis

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 18, 2026
Entity authorityQ207536 ↗
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The Matrix Revolutions is a 2003 American science fiction action film written and directed by the Wachowskis. It is the third film in The Matrix film series, shot back-to-back with The Matrix Reloaded (2003). It stars Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving and Jada Pinkett Smith. The film follows Neo and his allies as they fight to end the war between humanity and the machines permanently while opposing the rogue Agent Smith.

The Matrix Revolutions was released worldwide on November 5, 2003, by Warner Bros. Pictures, and was the first live-action feature film to be released in both regular and IMAX theaters simultaneously. Like its predecessor, the video game Enter the Matrix and The Animatrix, a collection of short animations, supported and expanded the film's story. It grossed $427.3 million, becoming the eighth-highest-grossing film of 2003, but marked a decline from both its predecessors and received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the visual effects but criticized the lack of new ideas and characterization, as well as the final battle.

Although The Matrix Revolutions was the final installment in the original trilogy of the series, the storyline of the films was continued in the now-closed video game The Matrix Online (2005). A fourth film, The Matrix Resurrections, was released in 2021.

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The public source identifies “The Matrix Revolutions” as 2003 film by The Wachowskis. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Matrix, Revolutions and film.

Editorial reviewBest approached as a cultural-object dossier: authorship and date matter, but circulation and reception often explain the wider significance. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2003, 2005, 2021—that can be checked directly. The authority record carries competing date values—2003-11-05, 2003—which should remain separate until their references and qualifiers are resolved. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Matrix, Revolutions and film providing the first useful test.
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Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 18, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q207536. VIAF identifies the subject as 203746132. The Library of Congress control number is n2004024792. 6 of 7 selected statements include explicit references; 4 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2003, 2005 and 2021.

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This entry incorporates text from “The Matrix Revolutions” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.