Everything that has a beginning has an end.

The Matrix: Revolutions is the final installment in the Wachowski brothers’ science fiction trilogy.

Revolutions builds on the cliffhanger ending from the last movie, The Matrix: Reloaded where the main character and savior of the human race, Neo (Keanu Reeves), goes into a coma.

The suspense builds as the machines bent on destroying the human race drill through the defensive walls of the last human city, Zion, and a battle of Armageddon rages on while Nyobi (Jada Pinkett-Smith) and Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) try to pilot their ship back to Zion in time to save the day, and Neo journeys with Trinity (Carrie Anne-Moss) to the machine city to try and negotiate peace.

The Wachowski brothers go back to their roots and create a movie that more resembles the philosophic original than the action packed sequel. Prepare to have your mind blown again. Revolutions does not disappoint.

It ties up most of the loose ends started in the enigmatic original and brings back many of the characters encountered in our five-year trip down the rabbit hole.

Agent Smith is back with a force as his replicated selves go head-to-head with the machines and humans.

The Oracle is back and just as mysterious with a different body and accompanied bodyguard, the equally enigmatic Seraph. The Frenchman and his vampire wife return for a brief appearance in their Sadomasochistic club.

This movie continues the process of humanizing the seemingly mechanical Neo. In Revolutions he is not the same invincible machine that we have seen before. Much is lost physically and psychologically by the characters that we have grown to love.

The characters go places emotionally that would have seemed forced in the previous films, but adds a depth that was missing and makes you love them all the more.

The film draws heavily on Eastern mysticism for the prevailing themes and mixes them with Western Judeo-Christian icons. To complete the package, generous doses of Hinduism and Buddhism are thrown in.

Some people found the ending dissatisfying, but only because it goes against the western ideas of closure. Prominent themes of Yin and Yang, the balance of the world and the cyclical nature of life run through the movie.

The film is visually astounding with battle scenes reminiscent of the Apocalypse and heartbreaking as you see familiar faces fall in battle.

Philosophers will leave the theater with a mind full of questions about the meaning of life and reality. The shallow will at least have seen one of the greatest battle scenes in recent film history.