The Matrix Reloaded (2003) on Netflix
Neo keeps dreaming of Trinity falling. With the machines 72 hours from Zion, he is told he must reach the Source, and that the Keymaker can show him the way.
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Plot summary
Commander Lock orders every ship back to Zion, where a Sentinel army will arrive in 72 hours. Morpheus asks that one ship stay within reach of the Oracle, and he tells the people of Zion that the prophecy holds and that Neo will end the war. Neo cannot sleep, keeps seeing Trinity fall, and does not know what he is meant to do. A message comes from the Oracle, and the Nebuchadnezzar leaves against Lock's orders so that Neo can meet her. She tells him he is the One, that Zion will perish unless he reaches the Source, and that he will need the Keymaker to get there.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The film's Burly Brawl sequence took 27 days to shoot, combining motion capture with CGI, and became one of the most expensive action scenes, costing $40 million to make.
- The role of Zee was originally played by Aaliyah, who died in a plane crash on August 25, 2001 before filming was complete, so her scenes had to be reshot with Nona Gaye.
- Jet Li was offered the role of Seraph but turned it down because he did not want his martial arts moves digitally recorded, and Michelle Yeoh, considered instead, also turned it down because of production of The Touch.
- Producers constructed a 1.5-mile freeway on the old runways of the decommissioned Naval Air Station Alameda in California specifically so the film's freeway chase could be shot there.
- The Matrix Reloaded was initially banned in Egypt over its violent content and because it questioned issues about human creation, which the ban linked to the three divine religions.
- About 97% of the materials from the film's sets were recycled after production ended, with tons of wood sent to Mexico to build low-income housing.
- Borshukov and the ESC team developed "Universal Capture," a process that samples and stores facial details and expressions at high resolution, recording expressions from Reeves and Weaving with a multi-camera setup that combined photogrammetry and optical flow.
- One of the film's collaborations, "Mona Lisa Overdrive", is titled in reference to William Gibson's cyberpunk novel of the same name, an author who was a major influence on the directors.
