The Animatrix - Final Flight of the Osiris

Review by: Jack Foley | Rating: Two

SPECIAL FEATURES: 'Scrolls to Screen – The History and Culture of Anime' (25 mins); Seven making-of featurettes including director profiles featuring interviews and behind-the-scenes looks at each film; Four audio commentaries (featured on The Second Renaissance Part I & II, Program and World Record).

AS EXPECTATION reaches fever pitch ahead of the Matrix Reloaded, the first of this year's two Matrix sequels, Warner Bros continue to whet our appetites by releasing this animated adventure, which sets new standards in cinema animation.

Final Flight Of The Osiris is part of a collection of nine short animated films, dubbed The Animatrix, which tell stories set within The Matrix universe, providing a backstory to support the films.

Osiris is particularly pertinent, however, because it leads directly into The Matrix Reloaded, and features the crew of a hover ship, which discovers an army of swarming Sentinels hovering above a massive drilling device that is attempting to tunnel into the hidden city of Zion.

A chase ensues, during which beautiful first mate (and lover) of the ship's captain, Jue, volunteers to warn the humans by entering the hidden city alone, knowing full-well that her crew have little hope of out-running the sentinels, or of returning alive.