The Matrix Resurrections

The Matrix Resurrections

Plagued by strange memories, Neo's life takes an unexpected turn when he finds himself back inside the Matrix.

  • Released: 2021-12-16
  • Runtime: 148 minutes
  • Genre: Action, Adventure, Thrillers
  • Stars: Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jonathan Groff, Jessica Henwick, Neil Patrick Harris, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Lambert Wilson, Jada Pinkett Smith, Daniel Bernhardt, Christina Ricci, Ellen Hollman, Brian J. Smith, Toby Onwumere, Eréndira Ibarra, Andrew Lewis Caldwell, Max Riemelt, Telma Hopkins, Chris Reid, Ian Pirie, Etienne Vick, Mel Powell, Andrew Koponen, James D. Weston II, John Lobato, Thomas Dalby, Clayton Watson, Stephen Dunlevy, Tiger Hu Chen, Joshua Grothe, Chad Stahelski, Amadei Weiland, Freema Agyeman, Andrew Rothney, Mumbi Maina, Max Mauff, Michael X. Sommers, L. Trey Wilson, Purab Kohli, Sabrina Strehl, Cooper Rivers, Esther Silex, Frank Isom, Leo Sheng, John Gaeta, Donald Mustard, Kim Libreri, Joe Mazza, Julian Grey, Gaige Chaturantabut, Volkhart Buff, Nicolas de Pruyssenaere, Felix Quinton, Aaron Pina, Dani Swan, London Breed, Steven Roy, Mercy Malick, Juval Dieziger, James McTeigue, Sarah McTeigue, Tom Hardy, William W. Barbour, Kenny Beers, Cabran E. Chamberlain, Thomas Dalby, Erwin Felicilda, John Lobato, Ed Moy, James D. Weston II, Laurence Fishburne, Hugo Weaving, Gloria Foster
  • Director: Lana Wachowski
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  • Honesticedragon69 - 4 June 2024
    If You Take The Red Pill I'll Only Show You The Truth.......
    The Cons= I kind of get why but still I Feel that there was way too much Easter Eggs and Call Backs to the Previous Matrix Films. So much so it Really Reminded me of The CW Arrowverse's Version of The 'Crisis On Infinite Earths' End All Be All Super Crossover. Wow was there a Lot and I Mean A Lot of Easter Eggs in that Crossover. Enough Said about that Now Moving on to Morpheus 2 is what I'm going to call him as he is not Laurence Fishburn, as this Morpheus 2 Feels all over the Place Some Times. Just Think MCU's 'He Who Remains' but thankfully Only Not as Bad or Sever, but still Noticeable. And I Guess The Big Bad The Analyst was Kind Of The Same too. And I say the same thong for The Smith Character as Jonathan Groff is a Good Smith but Not Quit as Iconic or Good as Hugo Weaving's Smith. As Joanathan's Version just Feels like some kind of a Weird Imitation again Still Good But Not As Good as Hugo Weaving's Version. There was just something about Hugo Weaving's Version of Smith, that's Better.

    Then there is Mister Anderson's Friend Neo's Friend before he was Freed that's just isn't enjoyable to watch, he's not annoying or anything like that it's just his High School Jock Personality jut took me Personally out of the Film, Enough said about him. Now moving on to the Matrix Program, it just doesn't make any sense to me. With them Constantly Reminding Mister Anderson aka Neo of The Events of the Previous Matrix Films. By Not Only Making Him the Creator of the Matrix Games Based Off of The Events of the Matrix Films, but also Making Those Very Same Matrix Video Games Big Hits. And at the same time they Keep On Pumping Him with The Blue Pills in the form of Medicin. That his Therapist Keeps Proscribing to him all the while Telling him that The Pressure of His Matrix Video Games Got To, him which was why Neo or Rather Mister Anderson Keeps on seeing all if these Matrix Related things. Oh and did I Mention Neo's Therapist is The Big Bad Himself The Analyst? That just didn't make any sense to me especially if they wanted to Not Only Keep Neo Enslaved but also to Keep Him Away from Trinity.

    Then Unlike with the Other Matrix Films this one doesn't have any Noticeable Philosophical or Religious Discussion or Analysts Points Other then the New City Aion. And speaking of I Feel the same with the Iconic Scenes and or Lines in this Matrix Film or Rather Lack there of. As Literally Nothing Comes up when you Mention Matrix Resurrection, Unlike with the Other Matrix Films where there well be quit a few Iconic Scenes and Lines do Pop Up In My Mind Personally, I Wished there was I really do. I've already Hinted and even Mentioned it But I just Feel that Up Until when Neo gets Freed from The Grip of The Matrix Again and in some ways after, the Film is Completely Boring, Pointless and Very Unnecessary Long Drawn Out. And also Speaking of I just didn't Find any of the Visuals all that Exciting or Iconic at all In This Film, Not Only they don't use 'Bullet Time' which is one of the Signature things for the Franchise. But also Instead of Bullet Time They have an Insane Amount of Slow Motion Shoots. That should do it for the Cons for Now Unless I'm forgetting anything else.

    The Pros= But what I do like about this Film is that I Really Love how they've some how found a way to Continue the Story of the Other Matrix Films, even though in My Personal Opinion The Story Had Already Concluded with such a Great and Satisfying Ending. But at least from what I've Read it sounds like the Story that they Chose for this films sounds A Lot Better than The Story that they chose for the 'Enter The Matrix' Computer Game Which was also a Continuation of the Matrix Story After The Matrix Revelations Film. As for the New Rendition of the 'Wake Up' Song sure it doesn't beat the Original Version from the Original Matrix Film, but I still like this New Version of the 'Wake Up' Song. And I thought the Ending Scene was Pretty Cool as it Feels Like to me at least they might be Setting Up for a Sequel.

    Then the Evolution from using Cell Phones and Regular Phone to Using Reflections as Gateways To and From One Area to an other with in The Matrix. And that's not all I also like the Sleek Desings of the New Machines in the Real World although I have to admit the Down Side they Look kind of Cartoony, but regardless I Personally Still Kind Of Like it. And I Really Like what they did with the Trinity Character and the Twist that they eventually gave her in the third act, After when she was Eventually and Finally Woken Up. And that should do it for the Pros for now Unless I'm Forgetting anything Else.

    Final Thoughts= And if you asked me if this Film was a Cash Grab? My answer would be I don't know I Really don't know, in one hand Yes it's Unnecessary but on the other hand No as they Still were able construct some kind of story to Continue the Universe. But I guess this is as much as a Cash Grab as The Terminator Films are. So in Regards of this being a Cash Grab I'm going to Leave All of that for you to Answer for yourself, in Hopes that you have Read my Review.
  • hyxtnqtz - 27 April 2024
    Did anyone read the script before signing a contract?
    The writing in this is so bad. None of the characters had much development. NPH's character had no definition except what? A Barney bot? His dialogue was the worst!

    The whole cafe scene where Trinity chooses amidst a mercenary brigade had the satisfaction of day-old leftover nachos. Is she unaware of the setting? What was the point of the mercenaries if NPH can just freeze time and keep us watching this movie for-EV-er.

    JPS' character was only slightly more likable than she is. She was almost exactly like Commander Locke.

    However, I like to also see what I liked. I liked seeing that Keanu shared the Lazarus pit with CAM. Those two are still so beautiful! I liked the new Agent Smith and his chaotic playboy. Some of the action scenes were fun.

    But I won't ever rewatch it with the rest of the trilogy. It's as bad as Indiana Jones 4.
  • mikehanna - 6 April 2024
    Intentionally bad!
    Worth watching just to recognise that this was made as a protest against the movie studio. Watching this I can only think that Lana W and the other writers went completely out of their way to kick WB at every opportunity, calling out the cash grab nature of this sequel, that their hands were forced to make this fourth one, with a sequel computer game being used as the example.

    Scenes from the original cut into key moments of this movie, copying all the key beats and all the key shots from the original, reusing the same lines over and over. The only original aspect was using the Last Exile character again as an adult.

    Characters taken from the second and third movies are woeful.

    Absolutely horrendous. But horrendous by design.
  • Bogdan-Alexandru_Saiu - 1 January 2023
    Masterpiece when you understand what's going on and disregard drama
    As an IT engineer that understood the entire action, this movie was purely a masterpiece.

    DISCLAIMER: this review is only about the movie, not about the drama of choosing the actors. If you are here for the drama behind the scenes, then I recommend you watch a soap opera instead of a sci-fi movie.

    It was shocking to see how many negative reviews are there for this movie. Why shoking? Because most people seem to cling to a few controversial details while disregarding over 95% of the movie details, as following:

    1. Incrementation.

    Every piece of software goes through regular patching. When you patch an application or a system, you go through three processes: Purging (unused / not needed data, which translates in this movie as a dramatic experience, as pieces of software develop empathy and we have empathy for them in reverse), enhancing (taking what is good within the software and giving it a more-efficient shape, as the architect becomes the analyst, sentient agents within matrix becoming hidden agents, etc) and adding new features (like giving the power of the analyst to control "time", which is only a matrix component, being able to mask people inside matrix so that they are not found by matrix outsiders).

    It's important to understand that every machine evolved, whether it is inside Matrix or not.

    Agent Smith got version 2 / Iteration 2, thus not being able to destory the Matrix again, as he nearly did inside the last movie of the well-known trilogy.

    In the first three movies, we know that the Architect goes through v1.0, v1.1, v1.2, v1.3, v1.4, v1.5, v1.6 and v1.7. Then it becomes v2.0. The people skills of the Oracle (the mother) and the analytical mind of the Architect are both transferred to the Analyst.

    An important note here is that we went from Matrix version X (which was within the first trilogy) to the Matrix version Y when

    2. The plot's complexity.

    Agent Smith's betrayal, which surprised the Analyst and the movie watcher alike, was such a nice move. The matrix algorithm had two scenarios in mind - I. Keep both Neo and Trinity alive, while Smith could (up to a point) balance Neo's power over Matrix. II. Kill one of them - the Machines knowing that Neo is dependent on Trinity and thus by killing Trinity, Neo would either kill himself as well or just go into a deep depression. Now, why would agent Smith act against the Analyst? Because by killing Trinity and destroying Neo, Smith (or Neo's counterpart) wouldn't have any purpose of existence anymore and would be purged in the next Matrix Iteration (or even ongoing version). Smith knows all this, because he was created within a dedicated container (or modal, as called inside the movie), for having a separate role inside Matrix. All entities are kinda containerized / modals within matrix, as is software on a PC or PCs in a network.

    It's also very important to note the Conscience. The conscience is a separate component within the machine world, which syncs the data inside the machines memory (The Conscience was the entity that triggered the machines to search for Trinity when the Analyst reported that an anomaly is ongoing), and this leads me to the next point.

    3. Anomalies.

    In machines, errors are described as anomalies. And those anomalies should happen less and less when discussing about AI.

    Neo is a source of anomalies, due to him being "The One" - which we don't know if it's purposeful or an anomaly. In this way, his counterpart, Smith is also a source of counteranomalies (or, after all, anomalies)

    4. Modal / Containerized entities - Morpheus.

    There are two Morpheus(es) inside this movie. One who died of old age and the other one which was created by Neo inside a modal. As the modal is part of the Matrix, then even if Neo is Morpheus' creator, that means that Morpheus (machine) is a separate entity within the Matrix. And here was a genial touch - in the first three movies, humans visited the Matrix. In the last movie, Machines visited the real world, as seen with Morpheus being recreated as exo-Morpheus in reality.

    Morpheus containerized, or exo-Morpheus (same guy), is the reason why people found Neo.

    Why was he wearing those fancy-colored suits? Ask Neo. He is the creator. He didn't seem surprised seeing him wearing those suits.

    5. In the first three movies, humans could do something about it. Now it's the world of the machines (they evolved further) and humans are far more limited. The machines are now in factions, while most of them work alongside humans. Why? Because they do not purge them, but try to live in peace. We've seen that most machines are surprised by the human way-of-thinking in allowing lesser species to live in harmony with them.

    Now it is Sati with her father that helped Neo. Neo is nothing without machines. Those rebellious machines are no longer in the same network, so Sati is free to assist Neo from outside of the Matrix.

    6. The Merovingian and his references.

    The Merovingian is still not purged, as he's an information trafficker, useful, right? For the Matrix of course and that is why he is still not purged. He's now "crazy". But wait, wasn't he crazy before this movie? Well, if you really look at his previous decisions, not only that he is not efficient, arrogant and up to a certain point useless, but he's also a crazy figure. Now he plays the role of the crazed character muffling about our stupid world, meaning that we all live in matrix. It was a bit like a Piña Colada after two plain whiskeys. What is art if not about surprising our senses?

    I cannot describe how this movie tickled my brain, while every information was so rewarding figuring it out. I LOVE IT. And I hope to see similar movies like this in the future.
  • Rcketscientist - 2 December 2022
    Bathroom break approved
    I didn't feel the need to pause for bathroom breaks. It's just bad. As someone who loved the first...time didn't mature the fourth money grab...it got worse.

    The Machiavellian just shows how out of touch they were on this reboot. No average viewer was gonna remember the one-off villian of a sequel that shouldn't have happened, fifteen years later. Especially not when he's rambling with a beard, barely recognizable in a secene that is completely forgettable.

    Then NPH...wtf did they do with him. He was an opportunity to do something interesting, bit his dialogue was reduced to 1990s keywords...ugh.
  • jaclark-17504 - 10 November 2022
    Forget what you think you know...
    I was super excited when this was announced. Watch it more than once, it allows you to appreciate story details more. This film definitely improves the more times you watch it. On first viewing it comes across as a heavy over reliance on nostalgia and footage from the original, but there is so much more to it than that.

    How vital the choices we make are and can be.

    Neo no longer knows who he is, other than a guy that made the game 'the matrix'. His character begins to see patterns and realise maybe his matrix is real, but in doing so he believes he's having a mental breakdown (to be fair, wouldn't you if you saw someone put their hand through a window that had turned to liquid?). He essentially has to rediscover himself after being found.

    Don't watch it as a sequel, but as a rediscovery, it will make the experience so much better.
  • poncequentin - 28 October 2022
    I tried,truly but...
    It's impossible for me to finish this movie. The fighting scenes feel forced, the characters are bland and oh my god, the repeats !

    I lasted 45 minutes and during this lapse of time, there were innumerable moments where it was just an imitation of the first Matrix: Neo's office being attacked, the mirror going liquid, the windmill shooting jumps, Neo and Morpheus fighting in a dojo (badly at that), etc, etc.

    The movie even dares to try to make itself appear meta by mocking sequels while failing to create à good one.

    That joker has already been done but it summarizes perfectly: Matrix Regurgitation.