“Resurrections” is interesting to begin with as it casts some doubt on whether the Matrix is real. Again, it’s the struggle with what is reality and what is not. However, this angle soon fades away, disappointingly, into an unimaginative storyline focused on Neo trying to unplug Trinity ...
“Our beloved parent company Warner Bros wants a second trilogy” is literally a line of dialogue in The Matrix: Resurrections, a self-referential, self-mocking, self-entitled, self-important piece of celebratory masturbation doubling as subpar filmmaking.Lana Wachowski’s maybe-reboot and probably ...
wig, and that gravely voice, he looks and sounds basically the same. And he still brings the same frenetic, live wire energy to Beetlejuice’s sequences. He's funny, he’s strange, he’s scary; he’s one of the great movie characters of the ’80s, and it’s great to see him aga...
The Matrix Resurrectionsopens with a homage to the first film as a blue-haired rebel named Bugs (Jessica Henwick) encounters an alternate version of Morpheus (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II). Laurence Fishburne is absent outside of archival footage, and while he’ll always be the definitive Morpheus, ...
The Matrix Resurrections is a largely riveting and nostalgia-infused re-tread of what's come before, but it isn't without its missteps. The latest entry in the iconic sci-fi movie series is action-packed, heartfelt and visually stunning, but it sometimes gets caught in a middle ground bet...
Not just is this an iconic shot, it is a fantastic shot in a movie full of them. The Matrix uses reflections, particularly from glasses and other non-traditional sources, to great effect throughout the movie. Okay, this was a bit out of left field. ...
Maintaining a cultural relevance in the decades since essentially allows such a property to be revisited too, withThe Matrix Resurrectionssimilarly opting for the same temperament as the original as it forces its audience to reconsider their reality. Of course, a seq...
At some point, in our IP driven entertainment society, it was going to beThe Matrix’sturn to be resurrected for the sake of being resurrection. Thankfully, it was resuscitated from the breath of the maker. Arriving day and date in theaters and HBO Max,The Matrix Resurrectionswas unleashed...
Matrix. WithThe Matrix Resurrections, everything old is new again in altered states. Fans may be disappointed that this movie doesn’t go far enough with creative new elements, scenes and stunts. Pay attention to the signs, names and places in the film. I especially liked Simulatte for the...
The track the movie takes is not too dissimilar to that ofThe Matrix: Resurrections. It is an analysis of itself and of the fandom it has created. It’s a movie about its own legacy, always ready to tip the hat and wink to the audience. The rules in this film are based on so-cal...