Well, it's better than the second movie.

"The Matrix Revolutions" isn't as watered down with action and light on plot as the second, which disappointed fans and was hit with mixed reviews.

But its open and anticlimactic ending is bound to confuse and disappoint fans.

War breaks out between the people of Zion and the machines which have enslaved all of humanity. Neo (Keanu Reeves) and Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) have left Zion and are traveling to Machine City to help save Zion.

Neo leaving his friends behind smells so much like "Return of the Jedi," I wondered when the Ewoks were going to throw rocks at the octopus-like robots.

Andy and Larry Wachowski set out to put together a philosophical and well-crafted action series. Instead, they reduced the series to a gimmicky special effects flick with the second movie, and then tried to win back their audience with the finale. Even George Lucas didn't screw up his first trilogy that badly.

But from the beginning the series was almost doomed to fall apart. The romance between Neo and Trinity felt about as real as the marriage between Liza Minnelli and David Gest. Reeves is a terrible actor who does nothing more than utter the phrase "Whoa" in different tones. His co-star, Moss, is about as interesting as watching your pet dog clean itself. She adds nothing to the character of Trinity and looks less like a woman and more like Michael Jackson poured into skin-tight leather.

Of course, their bad acting isn't helped by a bland script. One death sequence is so long, you'd think the Wachowski brothers thought they were writing Hamlet's death scene. Still, there are plenty of reasons to see this final installment. It's obvious the Wachowski brothers took a hint with the second movie and decided to use only one of the slowed-down gun battle sequences every other action movie has copied. Make no mistakes, the scene is accompanied by techno music and the same kicks delivered in slow motion. But one is enough in a series which has spawned numerous copycat movies and spoofs.

Instead, we are given much more interesting fight scenes between the exoskeleton robot soldiers blowing up the squid robots. The tension of the battle for Zion was great. The audience will literally squirm in their seats with anticipation as to how the war will end.

But you can't mention final battles without going into Neo and Agent Smith duking it out. The fight was reminiscent of "Superman II" and delivers a bigger punch than having a bunch of Smiths dogpiling onto Neo.

But then Smith (Hugo Weaving) is awesome as the polar opposite of Neo. His character is one of the most interesting of the film and so much fun to watch on screen. Smith's hatred of humankind even makes you forget the hero is Reeves, trapping you into rooting for the good guy.

The side story of the Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) and Niobe (Jada Pinkett Smith) love triangle also was put on hold. This was a good call, considering the side story just took away from the attempted romance the move already had going on.

But side stories of the Neo-worshipping Kid (Clayton Watson) and Zee (Nona Gaye) were much more interesting and added to the movie.

The Wachowski brothers have made a fan out of me again with their third edition in "The Matrix" trilogy. While the trilogy could have easily been cut down to only two movies, there is a return to the charm and mystery of the first.