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Article: `The Matrix Revolutions'.
- Article from:
- Saint Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN)
- Article date:
- November 3, 2003
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Byline: Chris Hewitt
The end of life as we know it has never seemed as dull as it does in "The Matrix Revolutions."
The third and supposedly final "Matrix" is so tedious and unoriginal that it's more like "The Matrix Repetitions," with one numbing battle sequence after another, all of them looking like outtakes from the last "Star Wars." Even the trademark martial arts moves are so over the top they're ridiculous, as in a shootout in a subway in which the shooters would all rather flip upside down and sideways as they blast away, rather than just, you know, aim. And the dialogue is stiffly Shatnerian, which is a shame, since this is the most ...
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Article: `Matrix Revolutions' fails to return to main ideas.
East Valley Tribune (Mesa, Ariz.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);
November 5, 2003 ;
700+ words
... ... CRAIG OUTHIER To call ``Matrix Revolutions'' a bitter disappointment ... Compared to its predecessors, ``Matrix Revolutions'' is barrenly two-dimensional ... replaced Foster with actress Mary Alice ("Oz"), explaining away ...
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