Movie connections for
The Matrix Reloaded (2003) More at IMDbPro »

Follows

The Matrix (1999)
The Second Renaissance Part I (2003)
Final Flight of the Osiris (2003)

Followed by

The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
The Matrix Online (2005) (VG)

Edited into

MTV: Reloaded (2003) (TV)

Spin off

Enter the Matrix (2003) (VG)
The Matrix Online (2005) (VG)
 -  This game is a spinoff from the 3 Matrix movies.
The Matrix: Path of Neo (2005) (VG)
 -  the game is based on the movie

References

Metropolis (1927)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
West Side Story (1961)
Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution (1965)
 -  The corridors full of doors in the Matrix (backdoor corrdiors) are identical to the ones in Alphaville.
"The Prisoner" (1967)
"Adam-12" (1968)
Superman (1978)
The Warriors (1979)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
TRON (1982)
Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
Videodrome (1983)
The Meaning of Life (1983)
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
 -  The scene in which Professor Hikita flees the Lectroids, unlocking and locking doors, is paralleled in the Matrix Reloaded by The Keymaker fleeing Merovingian's men.
Legend (1985)
Aliens (1986)
Akira (1988)
When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Baraka (1992)
 -  "Tribal dance" with jumping people in both films
"Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993)
Tai ji: Zhang San Feng (1993)
The Rock (1996)
The Frighteners (1996)
Hak hap (1996)
Face/Off (1997)
"Kaubôi bibappu" (1998)
eXistenZ (1999)
Injeong sajeong bol geot eobtda (1999)
Wo hu cang long (2000)
What Lies Beneath (2000)
Le pacte des loups (2001)
Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001)
Armitage: Dual Matrix (2002) (V)
Minority Report (2002)
Pumhaeng zero (2002)
Final Flight of the Osiris (2003)
 -  Final Flight of the Osiris referenced in the beginning of the movie (in dialogue)
Kid's Story (2003)

Referenced in

The Matrix Revisited (2001) (V)
Retarded Animal Babies (2003) (V)
 -  In RAB5 there is a fight scene where Hamster fights off dozens of rats and that fight resembles the same fight scene in the Matrix Reloaded where Neo fights all those Smith's
"Saturday Night Live: Ashton Kutcher/50 Cent (#28.18)" (2003)
 -  Mentioned by Jarret and on Politics today
"Goedemorgen Nederland: (2003-05-16)" (2003)
 -  Du Mosch and De Klerk talk about this film.
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (2003) (VG)
Making 'Enter the Matrix' (2003) (V)
"Gilmore Girls: The Festival of Living Art (#4.7)" (2003)
 -  Grant accues Kirk of watching the film on DVD without him.
'Calendar Girls': The Naked Truth (2004) (V)
 -  Referenced by name
The 76th Annual Academy Awards (2004) (TV)
 -  Billy Crystal wonders if anyone understood 'those Matrix films'
I, Robot (2004)
 -  Sonny the robot lands like Neo, with the fist punching the ground as he lands, and he leaps in the air and freezes in the same pose as Trinity.
Dhoom (2004)
 -  Jai and Kabir fight atop a moving trailer.
"Veronica Mars: Meet John Smith (#1.3)" (2004)
 -  poster in video store
"South Park: Something Wall-Mart This Way Comes (#8.9)" (2004)
 -  The "Heart of Wall-Mart" scene is lifted from The Architect scene in this movie
The Burly Man Chronicles (2004) (V)
 -  mentioned many times
"The West Wing: King Corn (#6.13)" (2005)
 -  Russell compares himself to one of the "albino twins in the Matrix"
Film Geek (2005)
 -  on movie marquee
Caché (2005)
 -  Posters on wall in room
Angel (2005) (TV)
 -  after describing The Matrix, Angel says it is part of a trilogy
Ultimate Spider-Man (2005) (VG)
 -  Venom being held down by several mercenaries and pushing them off, similar to Smiths clones piling on top of Neo
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
 -  The Phoenix/Grey stops a hail of projectiles exactly like Neo stops a hail of bullets.
"Scrubs: My Night to Remember (#6.11)" (2007)
 -  Turk mentions this film
La gran revelación (2007)
 -  A character mentions this movie.
Chacun son cinéma ou Ce petit coup au coeur quand la lumière s'éteint et que le film commence (2007)
 -  Nanni Moretti mentions this film in his speech.
"Heroes: Chapter Twenty-Three 'How to Stop an Exploding Man' (#1.23)" (2007/II)
 -  Sylar stops several bullets like Neo.
"Mavra mesanyhta: (#1.9)" (2008)
 -  A poster in Vasilis' room
The Day the Earth Stood Still: T4 Movie Special (2008) (TV)
 -  mentioned once
"Scrubs: My Last Words (#8.2)" (2009)
 -  Someone plans to watch the Matrix trilogy back to back.
"The Simpsons: Four Great Women and a Manicure (#20.20)" (2009)
 -  In his performance as MacBeth, Homer accidentally reads from the script of "The Matrix Reloaded."
Funny People (2009)
 -  Ira says George's doctor looks like the Twins from the second Matrix movie.

Features

The Brides of Dracula (1960)
Baraka (1992)
 -  Many TV elements in the Arcitecht's Room scene are from Baraka (1992)
The Matrix (1999)

Featured in

"Goedemorgen Nederland: (2003-05-16)" (2003)
 -  A fragment of this film is shown in this episode
Crash Course (2003) (V)
 -  clips shown
Making 'Enter the Matrix' (2003) (V)
The Matrix Recalibrated (2004) (V)
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (2004)
 -  Clip included; editing analysed.
The Ultimate Film (2004) (TV)
 -  number 96
Return to Source: Philosophy & 'The Matrix' (2004) (V)
 -  clips shown
The Hard Problem: The Science Behind the Fiction (2004) (V)
 -  clips shown

Spoofs

Pootie Tang (2001)
 -  The Burly Brawl scene in the Matrix Reloaded spoofs the scene where Pootie Tang battles all of his clones at the restaurant in the end. Most of the camera shots are very similar, and the way the clones attack both Pootie and Neo.

Spoofed in

MTV: Reloaded (2003) (TV)
 -  The whole short is a parody of the film
Scary Movie 3 (2003)
Chuet chung tit gam gong (2003)
 -  Spoofs film characters.
Stuck on You (2003)
 -  Nightclub sequence where Bob uses Walt as a pole to spin and kick all their adversaries.
"Tripping the Rift: Benito's Revenge (#2.5)" (2004)
 -  Darth Bobo turns out to be 'The interior decorator'
Back to Gaya (2004)
 -  Alanta's fight with the rats.
Freddy VS Ghostbusters (2004)
 -  dialogue "Mr. Anderson, welcome back." "My name is Neil" (read: Neo)
"Codename: Kids Next Door: Operation C.A.K.E.D.-T.H.R.E.E./Operation L.O.C.K.D.O.W.N. (#3.8)" (2004)
 -  In "Operation: L.O.C.K.D.O.W.N.", the way Count Spankulot turns Numbuh 1 into a vampire and Numbuh 1 doing the same to Numbuhs 2 through 4 parodies how Agent Smith impales other people with a dagger to turn them into clones of himself
The Helix... Loaded (2005)
 -  same characters
Madagascar (2005)
 -  The scene where the penguin hits a lot of foosas with a spinning wheel is a spoof with the scene where Neo hits a lot of agents Smiths spining a stick
"Robot Chicken: Kiddie Pool (#1.15)" (2005)
 -  Burly Brawl parody with grandma
TV: The Movie (2006)
 -  XXXL fights little ninjas the same way Neo fought the Mr. Smiths in the Burly Brawl
Daxter (2006) (VG)
 -  There is a level where Daxter is like Neo and is beating up Jak and Daxter style Agents
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five (2008) (V)
 -  When Mantis is beating up the Crocodiles like Neo does against Mr. Smith

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