Kirsten Acuña of '' Business Insider '' stated that the film flopped for three reasons . First , it opened in December when there is an over-saturation of films for the Christmas holiday . Second , the film took " too long in the vault " , having undergone editing and lost momentum and third , audiences had not been drawn to Reeves as a star since the last '' Matrix '' film , which was released ten years prior . Despite the film 's poor reception , it received nominations for Best Costume and Best Production Design at the 40th Saturn Awards but lost to '' The Hunger Games : Catching Fire '' and '' The Hobbit : The Desolation of Smaug '' respectively
40th Saturn Awards
40th Saturn Awards
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