content: Matrix Revolution shows not only accepted diminishing artisticreturn, but in view of the first Matrix movie an even greater downfall. Matrix set up an ongoing phantasy that would only have been sustained by an equally good story line photography and inventive action. Not so, Matrix Revolution capitalizes on action scenes already proved in Matrix and the story line comes too close to the Dune Machine Crusade and neither resolves nor enlightens the conflict. I expected much more and had faith in the film makers here, who are not the Hollywood standard, but still fell victim to their earlier success.The actor's emphasis on performing their own stunts did not improve the story, neither did the change in characters, i.e. the oracle and crew.The machine war was visually interesting, had it not been exploited in length and repetition.The failure is the story line and resolution.