Me, the matrix fight scenes are similar to the feeling you get while playing those story video games where u have to kill all the enemies alone. That s why i love this scene so much
I love the sound effects when multiple agent Smiths are getting knocked over. 2:51 - Dominos getting knocked down 3:27 - Bowling pins getting knocked down.
This scene was revolutionary at that time. The fight is uninterrupted, with bullet time, and with almost surrealistic camera angles. For me, the most creative part of the trilogy!
It's not aging quite as well as the more iconic fights of the first movie sadly. Despite the fact almost all the Smiths are not CGI outside of the most crazy moments ( they're using a lot of masks ), but the scenes made by computer are looking quite plastic nowadays, and lack impact.
Watch the Smiths in the final seconds of the scene. They are studying Neo flying away. By the time of The Matrix Resurrections, the Smiths had mastered flight for themselves.
I feel like this scene also highlights the smith's realizing that numbers seem to be able to overpower neo, which in revolutions returns with Smith having turned what seems to be everyone in the matrix into a Smith
Everyone shrugs this one off because of the CGI, forgetting that the first half of this fight wasn’t CGI and there really were 20 people dressed like smith in a choreographed fight scene that nailed it Edit: I don't dislike the CGI either I think it works in most places apart from maybe the slo mo bits
THIS, THIS RIGHT HERE GODDAMMIT!! Don Davis doesn't get any love for this at all? (Or Juno Reactor which collaborated with him for this track). C'mon film score enthusiasts, speak the hell up!!!
1:22 As a kid, this was the greatest moment I've seen in any action film. I was already baffled by the amount of agents that kept spawning. Then Neo picks up a pole and uses it as a bo staff. It honestly made me want to get into martial arts as a kid. Even now, this scene is still so great.
They were pretty much all hand-to-hand in the first one, so it was really cool to see them branch out into weapons in this one - Neo with the pole, Morpheus with the sword on top of the semi, Neo's fight with all of those older version Matrix guys.
when i saw it (kid) i was upset, its looked so much like a cartoon, this is worse cgi ever. even now they use this kind of effect "Terminator dark fate, and all avenger" animation body..
What makes this scene even better is the wonky CGI actually works for the story: they’re just moving so fast towards the end, the Matrix doesn’t have time to render properly. I love that.
That's a very interesting theroy. The cgi is pretty damn janky, even when it released in 2003 you could see the exact transitions but I like your take on it.
People give the matrix having CGI issues but honestly I love it. At the time CGI was still choppy at times. But this scene is freaking dope. I love all the fight scenes in The matrix
the CGI has never bothered me because we know that the matrix is a computer system and everything in it is fake so thats what i see the effects and cg as, everything computer generated
1:18 I love the look on the other Smiths' faces after the one gets absolutely wrecked by the cement, like they're all thinking "Damn! That looked painful! I hope that doesn't happen to me!"
Boromir: "One does not simply walk into Mordor." Elrond: "After I clone myself a few thousand times, you better believe we'll simply walk right in there."
A lot of people have offered really solid observations about the CGI in this and several other Reloaded sequences, but the sheer ambition of it is what truly endures. Yeah, it's the very early stages of digital stuntmen, but it's easy to look past it when you realize just how ambitious the Wachowskis were. It would take that kind of technology over a decade to catch up with the scope of their vision in a time where most filmmakers weren't willing or able to get that crazy with their ideas. Now, it's the norm. Back then, it was really something else.
@@smokeybear5460 He explained it perfectly. The Wachs Brothers ran low on funds so certain scenes had to be "old CGI technology" while other scenes were the "motion capture tech" You can see the difference plain as day (When Neo running on top of the agents, Spinnin with the pole in mid-air is all old CGI tech.) Maybe they should have just cut that part out. But to give credit due, when James Cameron did his blockbuster movie "Avatar" the technology 'Motion capture" had finally caught up. He wrote Avatar at the time he produce the movie," Terminator 2" And if you go back and look at the CGI it was still in its infancy in T2. Motion capture wasn't even feasible yet.
First, the scale. Second - choreography is fantastic. And finally, yeah you can see its cgi... lets see what new 2021 Matrix brings to the table! Oh, its nothing. Guess Reloaded was fuckfuckintastic, just people couldnt appreciate it back then.
I love the legion management here. At first Neo knew he was better the horde so he mostly stays in the middle of them to deal out as much damage to as many Smiths as possible but when he starts getting pummeled by the horde he changes his fighting style to more power focused strikes and starts moving to the edges of the legion to limit how many enemies Neo has to fight at once which makes the fight manageable until there is just far too many for even Neo to handle and he has to book it out of there. This was such a brilliant story told through a fight and you just don't see that anymore.
A cool opinion i have on the cgi : The cgi getting progressively worse throughout the fight on purpose because the matrix is overloading and cant fully render the overwhelming amount of agent smiths
The thing I really appreciate about that, as well as the hallway fight scene later on, is that the Smith you're drawn to look at in any given frame is always the real Hugo Weaving. They meticulously planned every shot to figure out where people would look and always put him in that spot and the look alikes around him.
@@KorriTimigan There's a few shots where the non-Hugo Weaving doubles are TOO obvious, and they added a CGI head replacement. You'd never notice it if you weren't actively looking for it. You can see an example in the beginning of the very last shot of the video: the farthest left Smith has a CG head, and the Smith standing in front of the one who's directly in the sun, to our right of the Smith closest to the camera.
@@NukeMyHouse the funny thing is, the one in front of the sun-lit one is a dummy). Maybe that was an easter egg from creators. Since this shot has absolutely zero sense to do it via CG, only green screen compositing is needed. P.S. Also, the ending fight in Revolutions - most of the Smiths are dummies, manequens.
Neo grabbing the pole and ripping it straight up from the concrete to hit a Smith is one of the most badass moments in cinema and gives me chills every time I watch it
Same! I was just telling someone the other day this is one of my favorite scenes. The music score gradually picks up, he smashes one of the Smiths and all the others look down in disbelief and then back at Neo. So good..
The moment after he did that and then started spinning in the air with the pole when the music drops was the most badass thing I've ever seen in a movie
0:10 the quick frame of Neo holding his fist up realizing more Smiths are entering the park is one of my favorite (and extremely brief) shots in the whole Matrix trilogy.
@Solas O'Dimm well if you have lady friends make sure to tell them to watch out for guys in suits and shades and cover their chests.... or they might just turn into one of those guys
This remains, to this day, the best choreographed live action fight ever made. Not just because effects were groundbreaking at the time, or because actors trained and studied with actual kung fu masters for months before shooting, and such - that too. But most of all, this is the only fight that I'm aware of, that actually took time to choreograph the movements of EVERY SINGLE OPPONEN the protagonist is fighting. Nobody is waiting in a line to get punched. Nobody just does nothing or pointlessly misses the main guy by a mile. Every Smith is active, every Smith that comes in contact with Neo tries his best to punch and kick him, and Neo actually has to react every time, or he would be hit. And every Smith that doesn't have a chance to hit him, is angry and dynamic and pushes other Smith's apart just to get a piece of Neo and can't wait for his turn. This is absolutely awesome. Never before, and never again was this much attention and choreography put in a single fight.
@@chaveztyndale8468 so he had inside knowledge before the film came out in 2003 to the public? I remember seeing XX3 long before the movie, must;ve been 2001....but heya, I could be wrong! One was definitely a rip off of the other lol
Love how they added in the "bowling ball knocking over the pins" sound at the end when Neo tosses Smith into the other Smiths. Sure it may seem out of place and bit ridiculous but It's so satisfying and priceless...
I see it as a nod to itself ('it' being the concept of the fight, I guess), like the Wachowskis are saying, 'Yeah it's got silly bits in it, and Neo could have flown away long ago, and it doesn't add to the plot - but it's damn cool and people are going to be watching it 20 years later!' Plenty of people love the sequels, flaws included.
After Neo flies off, Smith looks at his copies like, "didn't know he could do that"..."did you know he could do that"? Copies: "I didn't know he could do that either"
I love that the Smith clones are as confused and frustrated by that end to the fight as the rest of us. They're just like "...Well, that's some BS. Aight, Imma get some lunch".
I don't know why its so funny seeing 100 Hugo Weaving on screen together whether they're fighting, making a dog pile or running out of a door. It just cracks me up. Hugo Weaving is an absolute legend.
What makes this scene special is, that the army of Smiths are actually attacking together. They aren't going one by one, but try to truly overwhelm Neo, and even manage to hit him a couple of times. Instead of the usual bad guys come one, or two at a time to be take down by a few hit from the hero.
In real life thats what trained people do. They are accomplishing a goal aside from finding out if they can beat the guy. I used to work security and in training one of the exercises we had to do was break a human chain up. So we broke into two groups the breakers and the "protestors". The protestors formed a "chain" and i told my group to split into two groups, about 5 each. We each took one of the chain. And instead of each person trying to pull off one person, the entire group grabbed the person on the end and ripped them away and tossed them back. We met in the middle. Took us about 4 minutes to break it up. Then we switched. I had my group circle up around me and squeeze in and link arms and i then just grabbed on to whoever they were trying to pull off and held them fast. Took them twelve minutes to take us apart. Teamwork.
@@rolandotorres1682 My guess is he loves boobs, a bit too much, and he likes transformation fetish or smth and the fsxr Smith transforms peeps to clones by fingering chests n boob and the fact that women arent safe from this probably led to his new wacko obsession 🙄
the rush this movie gave me when i watched it was amazing, and it still holds up really really good today one of my favorite movies of all time. i went like 6 times to the cinema just for this no kidding
Funny. First Agent smith did it, then skynet did it. And finally thanos. Also I wonder how agent smith from revolutions would be in a fight with thanos
@@БожьяКоровка-ы8ь I think it's because they rely too much on that too much nowadays. Back then all the cool stuff was being invented, so they were acting and assisting stuff with AI and graphics. and now we mainly work backwards where its focused on using AI and graphics to make things seem cooler, and then adding the human element.
It was ahead of its time. Name another movie that rendered cgi humans this close to the camera, showing their face and moving seemingly realistic... I'll wait.
Not only I love the choreography (as others had pointed at) but also the reason behind every move, to give more character to both Smith and Neo. Smith is a program, and because of that he focus more on the "logical" choices to achieve his goals. When he gets cornered, the logical next step for him is to just produce more copies to overwhelm his opponent. If he doesn't have enough, he just makes more. When he gets hit, he doesn't worry about that particular copy because another one is there to take its place and continue (you can see some copies take their time to stand up and resume the fight). Neo on the other hand at first is confident in his strength and uses it how he sees fit. But when cornered, he focus on thinking *creatively.* His strikes are more precise and focused, his spatial awareness is sharper, he uses the tools in the environment to his advantage, switches to a medium-range style with the pole to avoid getting grabbed and keep the distance between him and the Smiths. When he gets hit, he uses that momentum to strike back and counterattack. And if he gets overwhemed, he makes the "illogical" choice to push through and not give up. Of course he's also smart, that's why he escapes at the end, hahaha.
The cinematography and the stunt choreography are unparalleled in this fight! I agree that most of Neo's shots are CGI. But I am stilled baffled on how they conceived this sequence back in 2003. The Matrix trilogy is definitely one of the pinnacles of movie making!
I like the fact that all the Smiths seem to be either actively trying to reach and attack Neo, or recovering after getting smacked. Usually in 1 vs many fight scenes like this you see several guys in the background just standing there waving their arms around while the hero fights 2-3 at a time, which kinda ruins it for me.
If they redid this scene modern day it would start with agent Smith pulling gun trying to wound neo to slow him down and assimilate him meanwhile it be like Jason Bourne and John Wick the fight would be similar martial arts focused and it would be more revolved around neo positioning using multiple martial arts to defend himself so the smiths don't have a clear shot or using clones as human shield I believe the scene with the staff would still happen and as well as swatting all the smiths around he'd be using the staff to block and maybe redirect bullets. But the choreography and cinematography would be insane I believe the fight would crescendo by eventually the smiths stop using guns as neo and the agents are moving too fast for bullets to be of any practical use Oving
@@ejandrews3065 Neo could stop bullets in air, even if you fired thousands of them, so that will be useless, also you think too highly of modern choreographers, what modern movie made you think they'll put that much effort?
they could fly, if they managed to infect Supergirl. To do that they have to stick their fingers into her chest. I bet none of them would turn down such an oppaitunity
I love the music that starts playing when he has the pole. It perfectly conveys the sense of "The main character was already dangerous enough, now he has a weapon."
after the first movie, he pretty much lost all fights against Smith except the one they fought on the ship in the third movie, but lost his eyes on that fight.
@@rgygduysdgyuygsduysd not necessarily on the.ship neo won and defeated 3 upgraded agents in 1 minute. The the final battle neither one. The prophecy was neither can die whilst the other lives. They are the ying and yang trying to balance the equation out so they both died
Unfortunately, no and no. The CGI was great for 2003, but even by 2007 we had far better, and in 1080p I was already seeing the texture smearing and poor blocking. Also, Monty Oum has some fight scenes (check, Red vs Blue Season 8-10, or RWBY Season 1) that really put *this* to shame, although (admittedly) in his case, it's 99% CGI. It has to be, not only for the physical limitations of the actors, but also the physical limitations of the cameras. That said, I still fight anyone who says Matrix 2 or 3 are bad movies. These are fucking masterpieces.
@@intoxigamer3617 from the perspective of ur average watcher, the cgi is good enough, and it actually ADDS to the action instead of replacing it, which makes it extra awesome and plus, that fight choreography is insane also, fun game: watch the last 3 star wars movies, and watch the background characters spin around during a fight scene then look at all the extra agent smiths in this scene who are legitimately doing shit
My only problem with this scene is that I feel the punches are weak or it doesnt have a compelling sound effect to match the impact of it. Other than that i love rewatching this often.
@@AleXz971 The "weak" punches is what I love about this scene, like every Smith only gets one tap and than approaches again, it feels like Neo is showing off rather than trying to beat smith, but thats just my thinking, and I dont even know why, but I like these aimed hits with little impact.
Ah, but I don't mean the actual punches themselves I mostly mean the sound effect added to them. If a kick or a p unch sends you flying across the field it shouldn't sound like just a tap imo. Even if it's a Poke that sends you flying, if it has that much force to fly you away it should have a strong smack sound to it.
What makes this scene so amazing, is just how formidable one Smith Agent is. They’re virtually invincible. Everyone fears them. Yet Neo is able to take on dozens of them at a time and fight evenly without breaking a sweat.
Totally agree. I think we needed this scene for that reason. At this stage Neo was virtually god like in power in the Matrix and we needed something that could show just how strong he is. Seeing him rip a metal pole, concrete and all, straight from the ground like it was nothing, then spin like a helicopter into the air with it and fight dozens of an enemy that is strong enough to "punch through a brick wall" really underlined just how powerful Neo was at this stage.
@gradyiscool yet there were still rules within some lines of code in the Matrix that even he had to follow. For example, the train station. It was the one place even his powers weren't able to break through. The Trainman literally tells him while knocking his ass back "in here, I AM God.
I love how out-of-this-world this whole sequence is. It's something about how even though it's ridiculous and obviously fake, it's super creative and plays around with these choreographic concepts involving fighting an army of clones. More movies need to have these kinds of wacky but awesome fight scenes
I like to believe that from 1:30 onwards, the matrix is lagging over the fact of rendering and executing that many Smiths, just like viruses end up eating your computer that way.
@@JK97SCORPION actually is bad CG from the time lol, the whole Matrix Reloaded film has too many shots of bad CGI. I just like the idea I conveyed to overlooked it.
To this day, this is one of the best comedic fight scenes I've ever seen, on par with those seen in Bud Spencer & Terence Hill movies. From the sounds (not just the bowling pins, listen closely in the part where a Smith gets launched in the air and the camera follows it) to the looks (there's a point where Neo clobbers an agent to the building with the metal pole, making it crash and 'gib' in several pieces) it was clear they knew they couldn't repeat what they did with the first, so they made it light-hearted and silly in a less than subtle way. I mean, Neo can bend the whole world to his will, what menacing foes can you put against him that can put some fear in him? Not even the return of Smith (and that 'purpose' speech seemed more directed to who decided to make a sequel than Neo himself) or even the Merovingian himself can pose as a threat, only some prophetic dream and the chance of saving Zion are the motivations pushing him. So they went full on "oh what the hell, let's make it stupider, like Tobe Hooper did with the Texas Chainsaw Massacre".
Missed chance for a great dialogue. When Neo pulls the pole out of the ground he could have said: "I guess you know I'm an Atari fan. But do you know what my favorite game is, Smith?" Smith: "No...what?" Neo: "Pole Position" (Then Smith makes that disgusted face and fight resumes lol)
1:12 this….. This part right here where he rips a pole out of the ground absolutely wrecks a guy with it like a war hammer then proceeds to do a a full ninja spin ending with a flourish of “That all you got?” ALL WHILE THE MUSIC ADDS A MALE CHORUS AND THE BEAT KICKS UP IS AMAZING!!!!
@necro maniac Just because it would be "valid" if they added dumb fart sounds, doesn't mean they should do it. The bowling pin sound was just weird and out of place in the scene. Was it supposed to be funny?
3:27 to this day I don't get why they used the bowling pin sound effect. I'm guessing they were trying to be funny and The Matrix series definitely carries a somewhat campy tone but that just seemed a little silly even for Matrix standards lol
To be honest, this whole scene is goofy. I never saw it as having a serious tone at all. It felt like I was watching a cartoon because of how over the top it was.
I thought the exact same thing. It's bad enough witnessing some of the nonsensical use of wire work physics, but the sound effect was quite unnecessary.
"Wow this extremely complex fight scene involving like 50+ people from 2003 looks bad" said by someone in 2022. For 2003 this was amazing, and to me it still stands as one of the best fight scenes ever and its extremely iconic 0:56 still badass
@@amadeusagripino6862 Because you didn't understand it. They are fighting in the matrix not in real life, thus the overexaggerated everything, that's the point of the matrix. People who think the fighting was "not realistic" have no idea what this movie was even about.
Just Immagine fighting thousands of this things alone and seeing that more are still coming.. Neo is an absolute beast and he did that without dropping a sweat..
1) I love how the tempo gets faster, the longer the fight goes on. 2) I can imagine the fear in Neo's eyes when he just sees the sheer volume of Smith's coming at him.
Hugo Weaving earns the Oscar for supporting roles in history! That guy was in every movie that took movies to a next level, matrix, lotr and in the mcu
20 yrs later and it's still just as satisfying as the first time I've seen it. They put so much though, effort and heart in this. Choreography, music, camera, dialog it's so fun to watch it come together like that
Haters are gonna hate and that's a fact. Another fact is I never heard so many oohs and awww's in a movie theater during a scene before or since. There was even a round of applause after it was over
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Who else remembers rewinding this scene a million times as a kid
I'm watching it a million times as an adult
Anyone else remember watching this scene on UA-cam, reading my comment, and telling me to fuck off?
I'm still rewinding it now
Me, the matrix fight scenes are similar to the feeling you get while playing those story video games where u have to kill all the enemies alone. That s why i love this scene so much
Im doing that right now xd
I love how they just disperse after Neo flies away like "welp, guess we're done here. See you guys next time."
😂😂😂😂😂 me too
"Hey I think I'm going to make myself that Latte Coffee-"
"Stop talking that's the barrista we just assimilated talking"
"Right, sorry."
Forreal. Like if you forgot they were actually programs...
Yea I mean... Why he even bothered fighting if he could just fly away...
Oh uh yeah gotta go pick Johnny up from soccer I guess ...
I love the sound effects when multiple agent Smiths are getting knocked over.
2:51 - Dominos getting knocked down
3:27 - Bowling pins getting knocked down.
Yea, how stupid :)
The bowling pin sound cracked me up every time I watched that scene ever since seeing it for the first time at the movies.
I love the fact that, being he Tho One and being inside Matrix, Neo could have been actually creating those sounds
@@thetest4514 not stupid; genius
@@sidolanters1394 yes genious just like you.
This scene was revolutionary at that time. The fight is uninterrupted, with bullet time, and with almost surrealistic camera angles. For me, the most creative part of the trilogy!
You're a fine connoisseur. It's like you've watched this scene a thousand times.
It's not aging quite as well as the more iconic fights of the first movie sadly. Despite the fact almost all the Smiths are not CGI outside of the most crazy moments ( they're using a lot of masks ), but the scenes made by computer are looking quite plastic nowadays, and lack impact.
Jesus Christ is the only way to salvation. Remember that.
@@dayseven28 Neo is the One
@@petrospetromixos6962 Neo is a fictional character. Jesus Christ is God in the flesh and our only hope in this fallen world.
3:36 I love how they all stand there like, “So can any of you guys fly? No? Okay then.”
The real reason Oracle got copies over, so one that fights Neo one on one in the tired film could fight him in the air. XD
The oracle copy can fly, he did in the last movie.
Watch the Smiths in the final seconds of the scene. They are studying Neo flying away. By the time of The Matrix Resurrections, the Smiths had mastered flight for themselves.
I feel like this scene also highlights the smith's realizing that numbers seem to be able to overpower neo, which in revolutions returns with Smith having turned what seems to be everyone in the matrix into a Smith
Is Keanu Cat A Priest or Monk or something ?
Everyone shrugs this one off because of the CGI, forgetting that the first half of this fight wasn’t CGI and there really were 20 people dressed like smith in a choreographed fight scene that nailed it
Edit: I don't dislike the CGI either I think it works in most places apart from maybe the slo mo bits
Giga Atom I think it’s dope , makes it look like a video game
Funnily enough, if you catch some of the extras/stunt doubles, they look laughably nothing like Hugo Weaving/Agent Smith.
Even it it all was CGI it would still be awesome just putting such a scene together.
The absolute best part was when Neo got the pole....
Black is such an awesome powerful color!
Not enough people are talking about the music. The score is fire
THIS, THIS RIGHT HERE GODDAMMIT!! Don Davis doesn't get any love for this at all? (Or Juno Reactor which collaborated with him for this track). C'mon film score enthusiasts, speak the hell up!!!
Oh yeah, for sure.
Finaly a man of duty and respect
Yeah it's fucking cool
Don Davis score is iconic.
At 3:27 The Architect was like "Should I add a funny bowling pin sound effect there? Pff, fuck it, why not?"
"Ergo, concordantly, vis a vis...eh, what the hell."
@@CharlesUrban "believe me, this sound effect is very pertinent to the ongoing situation!"
1:22 As a kid, this was the greatest moment I've seen in any action film. I was already baffled by the amount of agents that kept spawning. Then Neo picks up a pole and uses it as a bo staff. It honestly made me want to get into martial arts as a kid. Even now, this scene is still so great.
They were pretty much all hand-to-hand in the first one, so it was really cool to see them branch out into weapons in this one - Neo with the pole, Morpheus with the sword on top of the semi, Neo's fight with all of those older version Matrix guys.
I like how they don't explain that it was Smith assimilating the Agent that allowed him to assimilate so many other people so fast.
This movie definitely was inspired by Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon)
The only issue I have with this fight is the cement pole attack should have jettisoned that Smith through a building, not over a railing.
when i saw it (kid) i was upset, its looked so much like a cartoon, this is worse cgi ever. even now they use this kind of effect "Terminator dark fate, and all avenger" animation body..
What makes this scene even better is the wonky CGI actually works for the story: they’re just moving so fast towards the end, the Matrix doesn’t have time to render properly. I love that.
The Matrix has to turn down the graphics, there are simply too many Smiths in one place!
That's a very interesting theroy. The cgi is pretty damn janky, even when it released in 2003 you could see the exact transitions but I like your take on it.
...whatever helps ya sleep easier.😅
Clever way of covering up for shitty looking graphics.
@@djaccountisbfisbx3880 Just like trying to run Crysis at max settings.
I still love this scene, even now, 20 years later. Even considering the CGI.
Allahu akbar
It makes it trippier
In term of choreography this is one of the best cinema fight scene I have ever seen, close from Jacky Chan ones.
People give the matrix having CGI issues but honestly I love it. At the time CGI was still choppy at times. But this scene is freaking dope. I love all the fight scenes in The matrix
I dunno. I just saw the new Matrix and I think the fight scenes in this series blew those scenes away despite twenty years of advancement.
I remember seeing this in the theatre. When it ended the theatre was silent. Everyone was stunned. Still the greatest movie fight ever.
When I saw it the audience laughed at the Smiths standing there after Neo flew away, after they got their asses whooped for like 10 minutes!😂😂😂
mf of course they were silent it's the fucking theatre
Thats how they should be: silent all the time. Dont disturb others when they are watching.
YES!!! It was epic nothing we never seen before!
Agent Smith : It is inevitable
Thanos : *write that down*
His voice sounds similar.
There's nothing new in cinema anymore haha
Would've been funny as hell if he licked his ear when he said that 😆
good one
I wanted him to play red skull again
I dont care about how aparent the cgi is, this scene is epic and has aged like wine
Agreed
the CGI has never bothered me because we know that the matrix is a computer system and everything in it is fake so thats what i see the effects and cg as, everything computer generated
Renã Souza cgi isn’t even remotely apparent considering the age
@Renã Souza if you enjoy it too much you become a dangerous driver?
The matrix was so good, i like it not from watching the movie but the trailer.
No matter what anyone says, the choreography and cinematography of this scene was just awesome.
glad to see im not the only one who still goes back and watches these
For its time it certainly was. Now the CGI seems dated.
@@justinnelson6794 ..
I think from all first three films were really good , but that last one we can all agree it was just a brainless failure of a film tbh
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1:18 I love the look on the other Smiths' faces after the one gets absolutely wrecked by the cement, like they're all thinking "Damn! That looked painful! I hope that doesn't happen to me!"
3:25 I like when neo knocks loads of agent Smith down at once someone decided to add a bowling ball sound effect to it
It's the subtle jokes that makes it even more funnier
The sounds from the sign pole he used were great too.
This is because the system doesn't provide sound for such a situation.
yes me too😀😀😀😀😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
A bit like the clunk of the stormtroopers helmet 😂
“The bodies he buried that day laid the foundation of what we are now...”
underrated comment.
“He killed three agents with a pencil, a fucken pencil”
I understood that reference.
Wrong Movie but good statement.
@@snowflake9171 the whole joke revolves around it being the wrong movie but the right actor......
3:26 These mad lads actually used the bowling ball sound effect
xD
2:51 they have a domino sound effect
@@nolansaylor7710
I was wondering what that sound was hahaha
Thanks :D
Haha I always thought I was trippin.
Yep, the only dumb thing in the scene.
Man, Hugo Weaving really went all out for this role. The man even went as far as to clone himself multiple times just to make this scene!
I wish he’d turned me into one of his clones
Boromir: "One does not simply walk into Mordor."
Elrond: "After I clone myself a few thousand times, you better believe we'll simply walk right in there."
A real Method Actor 🤌
3:28 I love how that’s not even close to how it would sound when a human body collided with multiple others but the sound team said “We bowling now”
Exactly. Bc Smiths aren’t human
The Matrix probably doesn't know what sounds to make so it just uses place holder sounds.
@@Kyleplaysgames567 I thought it was just a humour from siblings wachowsky or sound director
In a world where Neo can rip poles out of concrete and fly, that sound isn't the most unrealistic thing imaginable.
Same thing at 2:52 it’s the sound of dominos
A lot of people have offered really solid observations about the CGI in this and several other Reloaded sequences, but the sheer ambition of it is what truly endures. Yeah, it's the very early stages of digital stuntmen, but it's easy to look past it when you realize just how ambitious the Wachowskis were. It would take that kind of technology over a decade to catch up with the scope of their vision in a time where most filmmakers weren't willing or able to get that crazy with their ideas. Now, it's the norm. Back then, it was really something else.
Lol nice try. I still love the scene though.
@@smokeybear5460 what they said is true tho?
Even though CGI doesn't hold up as well, the way is transitions in the same frame from CGI Neo/Smith to real Neo/Smith is a technical achievement.
@@smokeybear5460 He explained it perfectly. The Wachs Brothers ran low on funds so certain scenes had to be "old CGI technology" while other scenes were the "motion capture tech" You can see the difference plain as day (When Neo running on top of the agents, Spinnin with the pole in mid-air is all old CGI tech.) Maybe they should have just cut that part out. But to give credit due, when James Cameron did his blockbuster movie "Avatar" the technology 'Motion capture" had finally caught up. He wrote Avatar at the time he produce the movie," Terminator 2" And if you go back and look at the CGI it was still in its infancy in T2. Motion capture wasn't even feasible yet.
First, the scale. Second - choreography is fantastic. And finally, yeah you can see its cgi... lets see what new 2021 Matrix brings to the table! Oh, its nothing. Guess Reloaded was fuckfuckintastic, just people couldnt appreciate it back then.
Morpheus: "No one has *ever* stood their ground against an agent and survived"
Neo:
Pff, lucky Neo. He just did it, because Smith was no agent anymore.
@@doofkos SMith was the strongest agent and he is even stronger now that he is a virus :P
@@doofkos Naw dude, have you seen the movies? The reason Neo can beat Smith like this is because he's the One.
@@MattII33 Trinity killed an agent with her 'Dogde this' before Neo make it looks easy.
@@Awelbeckk well she killed the host of the agent not actual agent
I love the legion management here. At first Neo knew he was better the horde so he mostly stays in the middle of them to deal out as much damage to as many Smiths as possible but when he starts getting pummeled by the horde he changes his fighting style to more power focused strikes and starts moving to the edges of the legion to limit how many enemies Neo has to fight at once which makes the fight manageable until there is just far too many for even Neo to handle and he has to book it out of there. This was such a brilliant story told through a fight and you just don't see that anymore.
A cool opinion i have on the cgi : The cgi getting progressively worse throughout the fight on purpose because the matrix is overloading and cant fully render the overwhelming amount of agent smiths
This is the best comment on this video
Good point
Was wondering why some bits looked like it was from a PS3 game.
Haha what a bullshit explanation
@@joshTHX not really the CGI only gets bad the longer and the more agent smiths there are. y wasnt the CGI like that at the beginning
During the non-CGI cuts, I'm really enjoying playing "spot the actual Hugo Weaving"
Where’s Hugo Weaving Waldo?
The thing I really appreciate about that, as well as the hallway fight scene later on, is that the Smith you're drawn to look at in any given frame is always the real Hugo Weaving. They meticulously planned every shot to figure out where people would look and always put him in that spot and the look alikes around him.
@@KorriTimigan There's a few shots where the non-Hugo Weaving doubles are TOO obvious, and they added a CGI head replacement. You'd never notice it if you weren't actively looking for it.
You can see an example in the beginning of the very last shot of the video: the farthest left Smith has a CG head, and the Smith standing in front of the one who's directly in the sun, to our right of the Smith closest to the camera.
@ 0:11 the guy to the right of Hugo when he opens the gate
@@NukeMyHouse the funny thing is, the one in front of the sun-lit one is a dummy). Maybe that was an easter egg from creators. Since this shot has absolutely zero sense to do it via CG, only green screen compositing is needed.
P.S. Also, the ending fight in Revolutions - most of the Smiths are dummies, manequens.
Neo grabbing the pole and ripping it straight up from the concrete to hit a Smith is one of the most badass moments in cinema and gives me chills every time I watch it
Same! I was just telling someone the other day this is one of my favorite scenes. The music score gradually picks up, he smashes one of the Smiths and all the others look down in disbelief and then back at Neo. So good..
Also the soundtrack during that part!
Same. Between the music and the pole, it was a moment I'll remember forever.
The moment after he did that and then started spinning in the air with the pole when the music drops was the most badass thing I've ever seen in a movie
I saw something similar in Bugs Bunny, or was with the small rabbit? 🤔, he cannot release Excalibur so he grabs it with stone and all xD
0:10 the quick frame of Neo holding his fist up realizing more Smiths are entering the park is one of my favorite (and extremely brief) shots in the whole Matrix trilogy.
And then he's like yeah whatever"
Neo: The 0.1% Bacteria
Smith: The Hand Sanitizer
🤣🤣underrated comment
Actually tho😂
*virus
Except smith is now a virus in this scene.
😂😂
3:35 Smith: Someone knows how to fly???
Smith: Nah
Smith: Not me
Smith: Me neither
Smith: I know how to crack my neck.....
Hehe
@@agentsmithlikestofingerwom7115what the FUCKING FUCK
@@isymbiote374 just report the guy
@Solas O'Dimm wanna hear more
@Solas O'Dimm well if you have lady friends make sure to tell them to watch out for guys in suits and shades and cover their chests.... or they might just turn into one of those guys
Keanu: So what are your lines in this scene?
Hugo: "More" and "It is inevitable." What about you?
Keanu: None.
Hugo: Should be an easy day
month.... month my friend....
@Ringo Garvin hes pointing out it was actually an entire month of filming instead of day for this scene.
Wait! You forgot...
Mr. Anderson
he said enough
😂😂
0:54 - 1:01 even as a kid I always love that 5 hit kick combo.
This remains, to this day, the best choreographed live action fight ever made. Not just because effects were groundbreaking at the time, or because actors trained and studied with actual kung fu masters for months before shooting, and such - that too. But most of all, this is the only fight that I'm aware of, that actually took time to choreograph the movements of EVERY SINGLE OPPONEN the protagonist is fighting. Nobody is waiting in a line to get punched. Nobody just does nothing or pointlessly misses the main guy by a mile. Every Smith is active, every Smith that comes in contact with Neo tries his best to punch and kick him, and Neo actually has to react every time, or he would be hit. And every Smith that doesn't have a chance to hit him, is angry and dynamic and pushes other Smith's apart just to get a piece of Neo and can't wait for his turn. This is absolutely awesome. Never before, and never again was this much attention and choreography put in a single fight.
Well it's a pity that it's such a rip-off from something that was already done. Search youtube for Xiao Xiao 3, disappointing how it's all just copied
@@floydthebarber71 they filmed this scene in 2001. Xiao Xiao 3 came out in 2002. 😑
@@chaveztyndale8468 so he had inside knowledge before the film came out in 2003 to the public? I remember seeing XX3 long before the movie, must;ve been 2001....but heya, I could be wrong! One was definitely a rip off of the other lol
Meh, what about the two holding the pipe like a limbo pole or something till neo grabs it again.. 2:09
Yeah, just compare this to the Praetorian Guard bit from TLJ. This fight is already great, but put next to that it’s on another level.
Love how they added in the "bowling ball knocking over the pins" sound at the end when Neo tosses Smith into the other Smiths. Sure it may seem out of place and bit ridiculous but It's so satisfying and priceless...
this sound adds inappropriate comedy, I consider it a disadvantage.
@@piranias go away
@@piranias Absolutely out of place
@@224BOZ Grow up, dumb shit... It's a completely out of place sound effect.
I see it as a nod to itself ('it' being the concept of the fight, I guess), like the Wachowskis are saying, 'Yeah it's got silly bits in it, and Neo could have flown away long ago, and it doesn't add to the plot - but it's damn cool and people are going to be watching it 20 years later!' Plenty of people love the sequels, flaws included.
After Neo flies off, Smith looks at his copies like, "didn't know he could do that"..."did you know he could do that"?
Copies: "I didn't know he could do that either"
I'm sure he also asked if there was anyone there who could 😁
@@whitehairvillain36 that's what i thought
Understandable, have a good day
I love that the Smith clones are as confused and frustrated by that end to the fight as the rest of us. They're just like "...Well, that's some BS. Aight, Imma get some lunch".
@@briangruessner4453 Can't fight Neo if you don't eat lunch :D
I don't know why its so funny seeing 100 Hugo Weaving on screen together whether they're fighting, making a dog pile or running out of a door. It just cracks me up. Hugo Weaving is an absolute legend.
What makes this scene special is, that the army of Smiths are actually attacking together. They aren't going one by one, but try to truly overwhelm Neo, and even manage to hit him a couple of times. Instead of the usual bad guys come one, or two at a time to be take down by a few hit from the hero.
Thank you for spoiling every Bruce Lee fight scene ever
In real life thats what trained people do. They are accomplishing a goal aside from finding out if they can beat the guy.
I used to work security and in training one of the exercises we had to do was break a human chain up.
So we broke into two groups the breakers and the "protestors".
The protestors formed a "chain" and i told my group to split into two groups, about 5 each. We each took one of the chain. And instead of each person trying to pull off one person, the entire group grabbed the person on the end and ripped them away and tossed them back.
We met in the middle. Took us about 4 minutes to break it up.
Then we switched. I had my group circle up around me and squeeze in and link arms and i then just grabbed on to whoever they were trying to pull off and held them fast. Took them twelve minutes to take us apart. Teamwork.
@@metamorphicorder interesting
@Tom your first time was with a lot of Mr Smith clones ? Seems wicked !
@Tom do you not get any
Agent: “More...”
2003 pc “damn you I can’t!!!”
2600 PC haha
I think that part is supposed to let us know something about smith....
Settings set to low.
1 tomato was killed during the filming of this scene.
and half of women if not all women across the world got infected because Smith had too much fun sticking his fingers into women's chests
@@agentsmithlikestofingerwom7115 wtf is up with you and women's chests
@@rolandotorres1682 My guess is he loves boobs, a bit too much, and he likes transformation fetish or smth and the fsxr Smith transforms peeps to clones by fingering chests n boob and the fact that women arent safe from this probably led to his new wacko obsession 🙄
@@justice_1337 thats a waste of money, its probably a real tomato.
35 cents please.
This fight scene, especially the 360 kicks on the pole, was the selling point of the trailers for this film…This fight scene is a masterpiece
The really cool thing about it too was that it had a purpose. Neo was scouting every direction and seeing where every single Smith was.
Reminds me of Dante's attack in DMC3
CGI : How Many agents do you want?
Director: YES.
only some parts where the numbers exceed 20. you can see the non cgi stuffs and some of the stunt doubles look nothing like Agent Smith
"MOOOOORE..."
(Fixed that for ya')
@@atigerclaw gay
More...
I dont care what anybody thinks about the movie, the part from where he picks up the rod always gives me chills. Its so goddamn good
I lost my shit in theaters when I saw that for the first time.
One handed and absolutely demolishes a Smith with the remnants of concrete. Brutal...
Ong
@Michael Romero lmao films like this are so important man, I remember watching this as a kid so vividly
the rush this movie gave me when i watched it was amazing, and it still holds up really really good today one of my favorite movies of all time. i went like 6 times to the cinema just for this no kidding
This is the most absurd, yet oddly magnificent thing I have ever witnessed.
compare to ip man, these so mess
It is not absurd, genre of this movie is aimed as fantasy
Oh it was magnificent in movies in 2003.
This is Epic, I know every move in my mind!
@@paramount7616 *sci-fi, not fantasy.
Still one of, if not, the best fight sequences in action movie history. The choreography is out of this world.
Reloaded was on it's way to being the best movie of all time, but the second half of the movie ruined it because it was just average at best.
This fight scene was absolutely amazing, and still remains outstanding even 20 years later!
The choreography and editing makes it appear so seamless. Wonderful.
💯🙌
Serious? Are you sarcastic?
@@JB-zd8gv ...?
Is Keanu Cat A Priest or Monk or something ?
Thanos: I am inevitable
Smith: wtf cosmic grape thats my line
Scrotum chin
No its my line
Now I can't stop picturing Thanos fighting 50+ Agent Smiths.
Funny. First Agent smith did it, then skynet did it. And finally thanos. Also I wonder how agent smith from revolutions would be in a fight with thanos
Agent Smith totally used that line firstly than before this alien grape came.
Little known fact: Every Hugo Weaving in this scene was paid individually making him the best-paid actor of all time.
Righteous!
Is Keanu Cat A Priest or Monk or something ?
Varsity Football DoggPile 3:09
What about umpa lompas in charlie and the chocolate factory ?
So Hugo got paid 100x for this scene? Doubt it.
Sorry whatever comment about the CGI this will ever be the best fight scene I ever watched
*20 years ago already and still one of the best action/fight scene ever.*
Именно так. А сейчас даже с графикой и искусственным интеллектом получается фигня.
@@БожьяКоровка-ы8ь I think it's because they rely too much on that too much nowadays. Back then all the cool stuff was being invented, so they were acting and assisting stuff with AI and graphics. and now we mainly work backwards where its focused on using AI and graphics to make things seem cooler, and then adding the human element.
You see this comment on every fight scene in the first and second Matrix, and nobody would be wrong.
I was so dissapointed in the last one with all the shaky and high zoom cameras in fight scenes :(
@@elpred0 *When you say last one you mean the third one or the rubbish 4th one?*
I love that on 2:13 Neo tries to do a pipe kicking move and fails tackled by one of the Smiths, but later he tries that again and succeeds.
When it's Black Friday and you against everyone.
@Maori Boy he said when not it's xD
Why fight the crowds when you can go to Amazon and get The Matrix 4K for $9? 😁
@Maori Boy It's Friday for me, 11/29
@Maori Boy he ment when its black Friday!!!🤦♂️
lol yeah facts
1:11 the way he rips that tetherball pole out of the ground never fails to make me grin like a child 😅
I love the CGI. Not just because it was ahead of its time. But it gives the feel like he is in a game.
He is, and that's the point...
It was ahead of its time. Name another movie that rendered cgi humans this close to the camera, showing their face and moving seemingly realistic... I'll wait.
People sometimes say the CGI wasn’t great but I think it’s just as good as anything created today. Ahead of its time, as some people have said
@@CYB3R2K alita
@@grandmasteryoda9893 that's a very modern movie genius, this is from 20 years ago
Everybody gangsta till Neo grabs a pole.
Most*
And dances
p
Which pole??
Pause!!
Matrix fans: "This scene is awesome!!"
2020 audience: "So this is how John Wick fights without a gun..."
Yeeeeesssss!!!
Let him keep his gun then, jeeezus the whole world will end otherwise and all cause somebody shot a dog 🤣
Without a pencil
Best comment
Neo uses uses and his style is very different to the jon wick people know
Not only I love the choreography (as others had pointed at) but also the reason behind every move, to give more character to both Smith and Neo.
Smith is a program, and because of that he focus more on the "logical" choices to achieve his goals. When he gets cornered, the logical next step for him is to just produce more copies to overwhelm his opponent. If he doesn't have enough, he just makes more. When he gets hit, he doesn't worry about that particular copy because another one is there to take its place and continue (you can see some copies take their time to stand up and resume the fight).
Neo on the other hand at first is confident in his strength and uses it how he sees fit. But when cornered, he focus on thinking *creatively.* His strikes are more precise and focused, his spatial awareness is sharper, he uses the tools in the environment to his advantage, switches to a medium-range style with the pole to avoid getting grabbed and keep the distance between him and the Smiths. When he gets hit, he uses that momentum to strike back and counterattack. And if he gets overwhemed, he makes the "illogical" choice to push through and not give up. Of course he's also smart, that's why he escapes at the end, hahaha.
I love how they're pissed when he flys away, but at the same time kinda depressed.
Moving his head like “anyone here know how to fly, No?
Smithsssssssssss.....walk of shame.
one of the Smiths: i guess one of us needs to absorb the Creator or Oracle to fly.
Awwwhhhh, they wanted to play some more!
The cinematography and the stunt choreography are unparalleled in this fight!
I agree that most of Neo's shots are CGI. But I am stilled baffled on how they conceived this sequence back in 2003.
The Matrix trilogy is definitely one of the pinnacles of movie making!
True. The cinematography alone is just unbelievable!
I like the fact that all the Smiths seem to be either actively trying to reach and attack Neo, or recovering after getting smacked. Usually in 1 vs many fight scenes like this you see several guys in the background just standing there waving their arms around while the hero fights 2-3 at a time, which kinda ruins it for me.
I wouldn’t say most
2003? Doesnt seem like it
It's ok.
Would love to see this scene with Today's technology!
@Valkkan That film was bad
Matrix 4 was a comedy
It would be worse. We have the technology, but can people do it? No.
If they redid this scene modern day it would start with agent Smith pulling gun trying to wound neo to slow him down and assimilate him meanwhile it be like Jason Bourne and John Wick the fight would be similar martial arts focused and it would be more revolved around neo positioning using multiple martial arts to defend himself so the smiths don't have a clear shot or using clones as human shield I believe the scene with the staff would still happen and as well as swatting all the smiths around he'd be using the staff to block and maybe redirect bullets. But the choreography and cinematography would be insane I believe the fight would crescendo by eventually the smiths stop using guns as neo and the agents are moving too fast for bullets to be of any practical use
Oving
@@ejandrews3065 Neo could stop bullets in air, even if you fired thousands of them, so that will be useless, also you think too highly of modern choreographers, what modern movie made you think they'll put that much effort?
20 years old scene and still the best fight scene that I've ever seen. And gets better when the pole becomes a Bo staff in the Neo's hand.
No wonder why Trinity loves him so much...his endurance is godly 👀👀
AYO-
Lol
YO WTF
@@michaelnieva9870 he ain't wrong
Wtf
2:38 The single best special move in any videogame or movie.
He was destroying smith.
EyeProps that move was the Matrix Path of Neo videogame
@@michaelharris7820 I would always surround myself with the smiths just I could do that move XD
@@blackbirdfilms1966 cool
Jackie Chan did the same thing. Or something similar to it. 😂
They look at each other and they be like:
" Can any of you guys fly?"
"Knew I should've picked flight over cloning"
they could fly, if they managed to infect Supergirl. To do that they have to stick their fingers into her chest. I bet none of them would turn down such an oppaitunity
@@agentsmithlikestofingerwom7115 what the actual shit is wrong with you? Lol!
Agent Smith actually flies in Revolution
@@micha299685 Yea But I think only the Oracle that got turned to Smith can fly
@@MaazAltaf nothing's wrong with me if I make you lol :) also Smith should really get around to tittyfingering supergirl
That sound that plays at 0:10 seconds when he sees more Smiths coming and realizes it's not going to stop is awesomely dreadful.
fun fact: Keanu Reeves was actually flying at the end
*John Wick
@@stealthy1498 John Constantine *
@Dennis Guerrero I knew it!!
Smith: wann get something to eat
Clones: Yeah
@@Zadon87 was that a Kung Fu Panda reference
I love the music that starts playing when he has the pole. It perfectly conveys the sense of "The main character was already dangerous enough, now he has a weapon."
To think Neo was getting his ass kicked by only ONE version of this guy before.
after the first movie, he pretty much lost all fights against Smith except the one they fought on the ship in the third movie, but lost his eyes on that fight.
The cool thing though is that he was overwhelmed and you could see it
He needs to stop Smith, he became a virus infecting everything.
@@rgygduysdgyuygsduysd not necessarily on the.ship neo won and defeated 3 upgraded agents in 1 minute. The the final battle neither one. The prophecy was neither can die whilst the other lives. They are the ying and yang trying to balance the equation out so they both died
@@mitchellchapman2954 uh thats the prophecy from Harry Potter
The first pole hit with the cement bottom is iconic, but I love the quick second one he gets off before he takes flight. 😂
1:12 The sign says 'no brawling'
Nice catch
Whoa!!!
Or when Neo throws Agent Smith into his clones you hear bowling pins😂😂😂😂😂
@@roncolem5790 I mean it makes sense, they're dummies
1:18
Ras Al Ghul To Bruce Wayne:
"You Know How To Fight Six Men. We Will Teach You How To Engage Six-Hundred."
Neo: "Hold My Sunglasses 😎!"
habib zakary clearly you haven’t watched the Matrix properly: they never remove their sunglasses
@@robertnorton8530
I Have And I Know 🙄
It Was A Joke, Genius 😒!
@@robertnorton8530
Sorry, but Smith removed his sunglasses when he interrogated Morpheus.
@@robertnorton8530 r/whoosh
Dadglasses
not only is the cgi insane even by today's standards, you'll never see this kind of choreography anywhere else
Unfortunately, no and no.
The CGI was great for 2003, but even by 2007 we had far better, and in 1080p I was already seeing the texture smearing and poor blocking.
Also, Monty Oum has some fight scenes (check, Red vs Blue Season 8-10, or RWBY Season 1) that really put *this* to shame, although (admittedly) in his case, it's 99% CGI. It has to be, not only for the physical limitations of the actors, but also the physical limitations of the cameras.
That said, I still fight anyone who says Matrix 2 or 3 are bad movies. These are fucking masterpieces.
@@intoxigamer3617 from the perspective of ur average watcher, the cgi is good enough, and it actually ADDS to the action instead of replacing it, which makes it extra awesome
and plus, that fight choreography is insane
also, fun game: watch the last 3 star wars movies, and watch the background characters spin around during a fight scene
then look at all the extra agent smiths in this scene who are legitimately doing shit
My only problem with this scene is that I feel the punches are weak or it doesnt have a compelling sound effect to match the impact of it. Other than that i love rewatching this often.
@@AleXz971 The "weak" punches is what I love about this scene, like every Smith only gets one tap and than approaches again, it feels like Neo is showing off rather than trying to beat smith, but thats just my thinking, and I dont even know why, but I like these aimed hits with little impact.
Ah, but I don't mean the actual punches themselves I mostly mean the sound effect added to them. If a kick or a p unch sends you flying across the field it shouldn't sound like just a tap imo. Even if it's a Poke that sends you flying, if it has that much force to fly you away it should have a strong smack sound to it.
Anyone 2024?
absolutely 😋
MR ANDERSON!
✌🏾🇧🇷
Me
@@losjuegosdel3st4t Me too
What makes this scene so amazing, is just how formidable one Smith Agent is. They’re virtually invincible. Everyone fears them. Yet Neo is able to take on dozens of them at a time and fight evenly without breaking a sweat.
He's even able to outright kill a few of them 3:34
There is no sweat
Totally agree. I think we needed this scene for that reason. At this stage Neo was virtually god like in power in the Matrix and we needed something that could show just how strong he is. Seeing him rip a metal pole, concrete and all, straight from the ground like it was nothing, then spin like a helicopter into the air with it and fight dozens of an enemy that is strong enough to "punch through a brick wall" really underlined just how powerful Neo was at this stage.
@gradyiscool yet there were still rules within some lines of code in the Matrix that even he had to follow. For example, the train station. It was the one place even his powers weren't able to break through. The Trainman literally tells him while knocking his ass back "in here, I AM God.
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I love how out-of-this-world this whole sequence is. It's something about how even though it's ridiculous and obviously fake, it's super creative and plays around with these choreographic concepts involving fighting an army of clones. More movies need to have these kinds of wacky but awesome fight scenes
Is Keanu Cat A Priest or Monk or something ?
Varsity Football DoggPile 3:09
@@kittylionmeowroar7572 no he's just dressed in cyberpunk clothes
Watch rrr truck scene 😘😍😍😍
They're in a simulation physics don't apply.
I like to believe that from 1:30 onwards, the matrix is lagging over the fact of rendering and executing that many Smiths, just like viruses end up eating your computer that way.
exactly: is not the CGI that's obvious, is Matrix that can't render good the amounts of Smiths, and so the quality drop
wow interesting theory.
I never thought about that.
And it works.
🍷👍 sweet buffers! 🤷♀️
@@JK97SCORPION actually is bad CG from the time lol, the whole Matrix Reloaded film has too many shots of bad CGI. I just like the idea I conveyed to overlooked it.
The matrix has billions of people linked into it , I don't think lagging would be a problem spawning the smith's here .
To this day, this is one of the best comedic fight scenes I've ever seen, on par with those seen in Bud Spencer & Terence Hill movies. From the sounds (not just the bowling pins, listen closely in the part where a Smith gets launched in the air and the camera follows it) to the looks (there's a point where Neo clobbers an agent to the building with the metal pole, making it crash and 'gib' in several pieces) it was clear they knew they couldn't repeat what they did with the first, so they made it light-hearted and silly in a less than subtle way.
I mean, Neo can bend the whole world to his will, what menacing foes can you put against him that can put some fear in him? Not even the return of Smith (and that 'purpose' speech seemed more directed to who decided to make a sequel than Neo himself) or even the Merovingian himself can pose as a threat, only some prophetic dream and the chance of saving Zion are the motivations pushing him. So they went full on "oh what the hell, let's make it stupider, like Tobe Hooper did with the Texas Chainsaw Massacre".
Hands down one of the best action sequences of all time. When Neo rips that pole up, the music, so epic! 01:12
At first I thought it was kind of an Excalibur allegory or something.
exactly
Missed chance for a great dialogue. When Neo pulls the pole out of the ground he could have said: "I guess you know I'm an Atari fan. But do you know what my favorite game is, Smith?"
Smith: "No...what?"
Neo: "Pole Position"
(Then Smith makes that disgusted face and fight resumes lol)
And they look at him like: "Now this is personal"
@@mustafsbilge Not everything is an allegory my guy.
Everyone forgets this film came out in 2002. No matter how bad cgi looks today, this scene still gives me the chills I felt as a 6 year old kid
Exactly. When I saw it in theaters and Neo ripped the pole from the ground, I lost my mind. This fight scene is one of my favorites to this day.
oh no I'm old
2003
6 years old? *oblivious parent alert*
@gmu_alum08 no I feel old I was 23 when this came out😂
neo: fly
agent smith: Understandable have a nice day
😂😂😂
What does this even mean? Sorry for ruining the moment.
@@purrformance it's this thing called a joke
@@purrformance Smith looks like it doesn't even bother him that he got away and there's nothing he can do
@@jdddyyy1 he knows they'd face off again
0:53 Keanu HIMSELF actually did those kicks, it's insane commitment for an actor.
1:12 this…..
This part right here where he rips a pole out of the ground absolutely wrecks a guy with it like a war hammer then proceeds to do a a full ninja spin ending with a flourish of
“That all you got?”
ALL WHILE THE MUSIC ADDS A MALE CHORUS AND THE BEAT KICKS UP IS AMAZING!!!!
So fucking perfect
3:31 Neo’s expression: “FUCK THIS, I’M OUT!” 😂😂😂🤣
He just cant deal with this agent smith crap anymore!
Sometimes it is wiser to retreat
2:19 when a rich celebrity asks for a lawyer.
xDDD
epic 🤣
Lmaooo why? Just why
lol haha yeah 100%
Perfect 👌
Smith became a Virus of sorts...bit ironic given his speech to Morpheus in the first film. What dealing with a roach infestation feels like
3:28 lmao they used a bowling pin sound when you get a strike
I found the sound very satisfying
necro maniac ok
Likewise at 2:52 they use the sound of dominoes falling down.
@necro maniac Just because it would be "valid" if they added dumb fart sounds, doesn't mean they should do it. The bowling pin sound was just weird and out of place in the scene. Was it supposed to be funny?
ThinhCT And failing miserably.
3:27 to this day I don't get why they used the bowling pin sound effect. I'm guessing they were trying to be funny and The Matrix series definitely carries a somewhat campy tone but that just seemed a little silly even for Matrix standards lol
To be honest, this whole scene is goofy. I never saw it as having a serious tone at all. It felt like I was watching a cartoon because of how over the top it was.
I thought the exact same thing. It's bad enough witnessing some of the nonsensical use of wire work physics, but the sound effect was quite unnecessary.
Yeah that SFX was super cringe it was a sign of things to come.
Even at 2:52 , it sounds like they used a domino sound effect LMAO idk what they were thinking.
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"Wow this extremely complex fight scene involving like 50+ people from 2003 looks bad" said by someone in 2022.
For 2003 this was amazing, and to me it still stands as one of the best fight scenes ever and its extremely iconic
0:56 still badass
I found it bad even then, when I watched it on theaters back in 2003.
@@amadeusagripino6862 Because you didn't understand it. They are fighting in the matrix not in real life, thus the overexaggerated everything, that's the point of the matrix. People who think the fighting was "not realistic" have no idea what this movie was even about.
@@RPG-oh1yf lol now that's what I call a spin
I rest my case. #facepalm
@@amadeusagripino6862 glad you don't work in the movie director,you would be insufferable
I love how it starts out with an absolutely incredible fight scene and then delves into a PS2 game.
"so, how many hugo weavings do you want?"
director: yes
Samuel L. Jackson: "Have you ever heard of the Hugo Weaving Initiative?"
😎😂😂😂
“How many Hugo weaving do we need for this scene?
Director: “More”
Just Immagine fighting thousands of this things alone and seeing that more are still coming.. Neo is an absolute beast and he did that without dropping a sweat..
1) I love how the tempo gets faster, the longer the fight goes on. 2) I can imagine the fear in Neo's eyes when he just sees the sheer volume of Smith's coming at him.
1:44 never fails to put a smile on my face
That coat man !!!!! Smooth asf
0:25 sanyikun vs Zsolt Vrg
That part is freaking cool
The slow motion shots are so beautifully done. This movie was way ahead of it's time.
Hugo Weaving earns the Oscar for supporting roles in history! That guy was in every movie that took movies to a next level, matrix, lotr and in the mcu
And then retired from playing mainstream roles because they got boring ( I think he said boring).
20 yrs later and it's still just as satisfying as the first time I've seen it. They put so much though, effort and heart in this. Choreography, music, camera, dialog it's so fun to watch it come together like that
When the waitress at Olive Garden asks if this is enough cheese: 2:07
then Agent Smith sticks his fingers into her chest with a smirk and watches her turn into another Smith
Lol
1:43 smoothest shit I've seen when I was a kid
still smoothest shit for me.. even in my 20s
Haters are gonna hate and that's a fact.
Another fact is I never heard so many oohs and awww's in a movie theater during a scene before or since. There was even a round of applause after it was over
The crowd was going nuts during this scene .....i was out of breath when it ended
@@silverblack5475 how lucky you are to watch it in theaters
Remember seeing this on the big screen with my friends in my final year of high school. That move was really Wu-Tang Clan of Neo 🤙🏻
02:13 - The first try for the 360 spin.
02:36 - And now he did...
Yeah, he used the momentum to go into it.
3:10 i love agent smith face 😂😂😂 but yeah he is so iconic
😂😂😂😂
I can‘t believe they couldn‘t bring us a decent action scene like this in Matrix 4.
But what about this??? At least we have this.
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Matrix 4 played out like a high schooler's intern project.
yea? you want the bowling ball strike noise like at 3:28
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Is Keanu Cat A Priest or Monk or something ?