why does neo and gang have 24 hours to save zion? earlier in the film Lock says(after hearing they hit some iron ore) that would give them just over 9 hours

Good point. For the life of me I can't remember anyone telling Neo that they had 24 hours. Could it be a plot hole?

The 9 hours was the time until the Sentinels reached the perimiter defenses. They now have 24 hours until the Sentinels reach Zion. That was my understanding at least.

that makes sense but still where did neo get 24 hours? they haven't had contact with zion since they left as far as i know

I noticed that the second time I watched it and tried to figure it out more the 3rd time...

But you know what?


He did not know of the Sentinels rate slowdown (or speed up) of 9 hours (not at the time he said 24hrs anyway) he will probably know and ultimately have control of the machines in the 3rd movie.

So he can stop them after he figures out how to control them, probably just after Zion is destroyed.

If you read my work on the reasons of Zion's destruction and sop forth you know why Zion does not matter...

http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthr...hreadid=293942

At the begining, when the captains are meeting and talking about the scans from the Osiris, they are complaining about how the squiddies got all the good broadcast spots. Then someone comments that if Niobe is right, in "72 hours" there's going to be a quarter million more. Neo was at that meeting... it seems reasonable that 48 hours pass in the course of the movie, so that would leave 24 hours.