
He then removes the bullet from her chest. Before she hits the ground, Neo flys down and catches her. Trinity is shot as she and Agent Thompson fall off a building. Neo learns of Trinity's situation and chooses to save her instead of returning to the Source, to which the Architect responds dismissively. As with the five previous Ones, Neo has a choice: either return to the Source to reboot the Matrix and pick survivors to repopulate the soon-to-be-destroyed Zion, as his predecessors all did, or refuse, causing the Matrix to crash and killing everyone connected to it, which combined with the pending destruction of Zion would mean humanity's extinction. Neo is meant to stop the Matrix's fatal system crash that naturally recurs due to the concept of human choice within it. Neo meets a program called the Architect, the creator of the Matrix, who explains that as the One, Neo is himself an intentional part of the design of the Matrix, which is now in its sixth iteration. The Keymaker unlocks the door to the Source, but the Smiths shoot him dead as he closes the door. As Neo, Morpheus, and the Keymaker try to reach the Source, the Smiths ambush them. However, Agent Thompson corners her and they fight. Trinity replaces the Vigilant crew and completes their mission. The Logos succeeds, while the Vigilant is destroyed by a Sentinel, with everyone aboard perishing. Haunted by a vision of Trinity's death, Neo asks her to remain on the Nebuchadnezzar. The Logos crew must destroy a power plant and the Vigilant crew must disable a back-up power station, to prevent a security system from being triggered, allowing Neo to open the door to the Source. The crews of the Nebuchadnezzar, Vigilant, and Logos help the Keymaker and Neo reach the Source. After a long chase, Trinity escapes, Morpheus defeats the Twins, and Neo saves Morpheus and the Keymaker from Agent Johnson. Morpheus and Trinity try to escape with the Keymaker, pursued by several Agents and the Merovingian's chief henchmen, the Twins. Morpheus, Trinity, and the Keymaker flee while Neo holds off the Merovingian's henchmen. His wife Persephone, seeking revenge on her husband for his infidelity, leads the trio to the Keymaker. The Merovingian, a rogue program with his own agenda, refuses to let him go. Neo, Morpheus, and Trinity visit the Merovingian, who is imprisoning the Keymaker. Neo manages to defend himself, but is forced to retreat from the increasingly overwhelming numbers. He then tries to absorb Neo but fails, prompting a battle between Smith's clones and Neo. He demonstrates his ability to clone himself using other inhabitants of the Matrix, including other Agents, as hosts.

As the Oracle departs, Smith appears, telling Neo that after being defeated, he refused to be deleted and is now a rogue program. The Oracle instructs Neo to reach the Source of the Matrix with the help of the Keymaker. After realizing that the Oracle is part of the Matrix, Neo asks how he can trust her she replies that this is his decision. The Nebuchadnezzar leaves Zion and enters the Matrix, where Neo meets the Oracle's bodyguard Seraph, who leads him to her. In Zion, Morpheus announces the news of the advancing machines to the people. Smith then takes over Bane's body and uses the phone line to leave the Matrix into the real world. As the Caduceus receives a message from the Oracle, one of the Caduceus crew, Bane, encounters Smith, who reveals that his previous encounter with Neo severed his connection with the Matrix and has made him a rogue program. Commander Lock orders all ships to return to Zion to prepare for the onslaught, but Morpheus asks one ship to remain to contact the Oracle. Zion has confirmed the last transmission of the Osiris: an army of Sentinels is tunneling towards Zion and will reach it within 72 hours. Morpheus receives a message from Captain Niobe of the Logos calling an emergency meeting of all ships of Zion.

Six months after the events of The Matrix, Neo and Trinity are now romantically involved. A direct sequel titled The Matrix Revolutions, was released six months later in November 2003. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed $739.4 million worldwide, breaking Terminator 2: Judgment Day 's record and becoming the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time, until Deadpool surpassed it in 2016. The video game Enter the Matrix and The Animatrix, a collection of short animations, supported and expanded the film's story.

Pictures on May 15, 2003, including a screening out of competition at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival. The film premiered on May 7, 2003, in Westwood, Los Angeles, California, and had its worldwide release by Warner Bros. It is a sequel to The Matrix (1999), and the second installment in The Matrix film series. The Matrix Reloaded is a 2003 American science fiction action film written and directed by the Wachowskis.
