Title - The Matrix Resurrections
Production - Warner Bros. Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures, NPV Entertainment, Silver Pictures
Starring - Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jessica Henwick, Jonathan Groff, Jada Pinkett Smith, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Erendira Ibarra, Christina Ricci
Writer - Lana Wachowski, David Mitchell, Aleksandar Hemon
Director - Lana Wachowski
Release - 22 December 2021
You would really have to have a level of enjoyment for the original trilogy and acceptance of that story in order to begin to appreciate this fourth instalment because it is a direct continuation of those three that came before.
And having rewatched them recently and thinking they were not as bad as what they were made out to be during release, I really found myself completely engrossed with the story and what Lana Wachowski tried to accomplish here.
Being meta, as many have reported, was actually part of its charm; and it wasn't that much meta anyway.
Though something as intricate in its story would require another watch-through, which I do plan on doing. Such as not able to catch the reason why Yahya Abdul-Mateen II's A.I. lifeform needed to take on the moniker of Morpheus. At least there was a legit-sounding explanation.
Jonathan Groff taking on the character of Agent Smith, and however long-winded that explanation was, wasn't convincing at all. Also, why would he now refer to Neo as Tom instead of Mr. Anderson.
Still, Abdul-Mateen and Jessica Henwick were great additions to the franchise (sadly this seems to be the only movie the studio wants to make - due to how much money it didn't make), and Groff's performance was stellar as the new Smith; while it was also great to see the return of Jada Pinkett Smith.
What was disappointing to see was the fight choreography. Nothing ever came close to the original ingenuity of it all, and that was also when Keanu Reeves was still doing his own fight sequences. At least Wachowski did not bring back the animated ones like in the second movie.
And at the end, Carrie-Anne Moss' Trinity gained a superpower which was also left unexplained; but left to one's interpretation, I suppose.
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