The Matrix Reloaded
Movie, 2003, The Trilogy, Set in Around 2199
The Matrix Reloaded is #2 of 5 in release order and #3 of 5 in chronological order in the The Matrix.
The story
The Resistance builds in numbers as humans are freed from the Matrix and brought to the city of Zion. Neo discovers his superpowers, including the ability to see the code inside the Matrix. With machine sentinels digging to Zion in 72 hours, Neo, Morpheus and Trinity must find the Keymaker to ultimately reach the Source.
The Matrix Reloaded recap
Six months later, the machines are digging toward Zion, the last human city, with an army of 250,000 Sentinels. Neo has nightmares about Trinity dying. Agent Smith, freed from the system after his defeat, now copies himself into other people, including a human called Bane. The Oracle sends Neo to find the Keymaker, a program that can open the door to the Source, the machines' main computer. The Keymaker is held by the Merovingian, an old program who trades in information, and his wife Persephone helps Neo free him in return for a kiss. Neo fights a hundred Smiths, and Trinity and Morpheus escape the Merovingian's ghostly Twins and Agents in a long freeway chase. The crews of several ships plan to cut the power to a building so Neo can reach the Source.
The Matrix Reloaded ending explained
Neo meets the Architect, the program who designed the Matrix, who tells him the One is part of the system: he is the sixth One, and each One is meant to choose survivors to rebuild Zion after it is destroyed. Neo refuses and goes to save Trinity, catching her as she falls and restarting her heart. Back in the real world, Neo stops a group of Sentinels with his mind and falls into a coma, lying next to Bane, who is secretly possessed by Smith.
Post-credits scenes
Yes. After the credits, a trailer plays for The Matrix Revolutions, which was released six months later.
Where to watch The Matrix Reloaded
The Matrix Reloaded is streaming on YouTube TV in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 7.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes 74%
Where it fits
- Release order: after The Matrix, before The Animatrix.
- Chronological order: after The Matrix, before The Matrix Revolutions.
What to watch before The Matrix Reloaded
The Matrix (1999), which The Matrix Reloaded (2003) continues.
Cast
- Keanu Reeves as Neo
- Laurence Fishburne as Morpheus
- Carrie-Anne Moss as Trinity
- Hugo Weaving as Agent Smith
- Jada Pinkett Smith as Niobe
- Gloria Foster as The Oracle
- Harold Perrineau as Link
- Monica Bellucci as Persephone
- Harry Lennix as Commander Lock
- Lambert Wilson as The Merovingian
- Randall Duk Kim as Keymaker
- Nona Gaye as Zee
Directed by Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski.