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Matrix Revolutions, The, Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving)

Site Rating: 60%
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Writeup Rating: 90%
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Film: Matrix Revolutions, The (2003)
Deceased Character: Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving)
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Killed by: Neo (Keanu Reeves)



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Written by Mr. Mouseburger 23rd Mar 2006

Kindly submitted by Forfit the Game

The fate of both the Matrix and the real world now relies on Neo managing to work out what he is supposed to do. Back in the Matrix, Agent Smith has grown way out of control, and will soon spread in to the real world if unless he is destroyed. Neo travels to the Matrix alone to confront Smith in one final spectacular showdown. He walks sown the middle of a city street surrounded by a crowd of Smith clones. Then further up the street, the original Smith walks out of the crowd, ready to fight Neo. Smith says a couple of things first before the pair of them charge at each other.

They end up going through a hugely elaborate martial arts fight that starts with them flying up into the sky and then coming crashing down, making a large crater in the street. Smith and Neo do not slow the pace of the fighting, but it is soon clear that there is only going to be one winner of this contest: Agent Smith. Neo is being beaten up convincingly when Smith decides to incorporate his "copy" technique on our hero (this is the technique were Smith sticks his hand in a person’s chest and "copies" himself onto them, turning them into another Smith clone).

However, as a last gambit, Neo allows this to happen to himself and becomes a Smith Clone. Agent Smith asks "Is it over?" and the new Smith nods his head, confirming Smith’s victory. Then something happens that Smith did not intend, the New Smith that was Neo starts to glow and crack before he explodes. Then suddenly the whole crowd of Smiths starts to glow and then explode. Then of course, the real Smith begins to glow, and before he explodes he yells, "NO!". Back in the real world, Neo's dead body lies there, intimating to the audience that he gave his life for the good of mankind. Which was nice.

Note from Mouseburger: if someone can explain what the hell the ending to the film meant, please elaborate - why did Smith die when he killed Neo?



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Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving)

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This review has 15 comments. Reply to the comments
Comment 1 by 'wolf' (reply to this comment)
What happened was that apparently since Smith had gone rogue he couldn't be located and deleted by the Deus Ex Machina (which is the name of the leader of 01, or possibly the real reason smith was able to be killed) but in any event once he copied himself onto Neo the machines were able to delete him through Neo and as a result get rid of the rest.

Or so that's what i've been told.
Comment 2 by 'Mr Mouseburger' (reply to this comment)
Cheers wolf,

ok, so the ending is about man and machines working together to defeat a greater foe?! is that why the machine carries him off at the end, as a sort of "thank you"?


i have to say, i was very disappointed with the sequels - the original was actually very stylish, but then it just went "up its own arse" and started creating some weird metaphysical loops.

i do like this parody script though, which sums up the absurdity brilliantly.

Mouseburger
Comment 3 by 'Matt' (reply to this comment)
I can explain kind of what happened.

After Neo got turned into Smith, the machines decided to pump him full of energy. Which, um, goes into the Matrix and destroys Neo's Smith. Then, presumably because Smith is a shared being (i.e. he is multiple people), the energy transferred begins to destroy the Smiths.

That was a tad confusing. So basically, Neo gets pumped with energy to destroy the Smiths. Which frys Neo in addition to killing the Smiths.
Comment 4 by 'rovak' (reply to this comment)
It could also tie back to what the Oracle said about the Matrix trying to balance itself. Due to the void created by Neo's death, the Matrix "balanced" itself by destroying the unbalancing factor: Smith. Seems to sorta tie back to the even though there isn't any such thing as fate, Things just "happen." (eg - the architect says trinity will die," but it seems like neo saves her in the second movie, only for her to die in the end anyway. Or the fact that neo didnt return to the source when he was supposed to, and instead ended up dying, taking the "unbalancing factor" with him.
Comment 5 by 'Beffi' (reply to this comment)
Is his Archetype Baddy (Major)?
Comment 6 by 'Matt' (reply to this comment)
I'd definitely say so.
Comment 7 by 'Bill' (reply to this comment)
Yes, he is for sure Baddy Major.
Comment 8 by 'Wester547' (reply to this comment)
I sort of lauded that his death had a 'hulk' epiphany to it; that Neo could only defeat him through him vainly obtaining what he wanted, thus making Neo less one dimensional in both the Matrix and in the present world.

So, in the end - good concept, bad execution.
Comment 9 by 'Flashpenny' (reply to this comment)
Actually Neo exploited a glitch in the Matrix. It states that if an equation doesn't have something to balance it out, it will be erased. Neo and Smith were opposite sides of the equation so by killing Neo, Smith essentially killed himself.
Comment 10 by 'Encrypt654' (reply to this comment)
@Flashpenny, I totally agree with you. In simple terms, Smith did not realize that he was just an extension of Neo, so by killing Neo who was the main source of all the Smith copies, Agent Smith finally kills himself.

One thing I don't understand is why was agent smith tired of the matrix?
Comment 11 by 'Flashpenny' (reply to this comment)
Anonymous User Wrote:
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> @Flashpenny, I totally agree with you. In simple
> terms, Smith did not realize that he was just an
> extension of Neo, so by killing Neo who was the
> main source of all the Smith copies, Agent Smith
> finally kills himself.
>
> One thing I don't understand is why was agent
> smith tired of the matrix?


Didn't they say something that after Smith took total control of the Matrix, he would take control of the Machines and rule/destroy the world?
Comment 12 by 'Mr. B.R.' (reply to this comment)
Okay, I think we can all agree that these were some really weird movies. Although I'm not sure if I'd say that the sequels went up their own arse. And why aren't there any new reviews for crying out loud?! The last one was Gran Torino, back in March 2010. Oh, and cold you please delete my user name so I can set up a new one and remember my password this time?
Comment 13 by 'Flashpenny' (reply to this comment)
Anonymous User Wrote:
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> Okay, I think we can all agree that these were
> some really weird movies. Although I'm not sure if
> I'd say that the sequels went up their own arse.
> And why aren't there any new reviews for crying
> out loud?! The last one was Gran Torino, back in
> March 2010. Oh, and cold you please delete my user
> name so I can set up a new one and remember my
> password this time?


This.
Comment 14 by 'gamemasterx918x' (reply to this comment)
i believe his death was perfect and deserves a 98% rating
Comment 15 by 'Rus' (reply to this comment)
I thought that being a type of security program which is what smith originally was and, being that the the sole purpose of security or anti- virus programs was to seek out and destroy virus' so as soon as the program eliminates all the virus' it will become obsolete. Now we all know the there will always be virus' but if a security program is written (or evolves) to specialize in seeking and destroying only one virus then once that virus has been destroyed the antivirus program will become redundant