Earlier today, I went to Regal Cinemas to watch The Matrix Resurrections...and needless to say, it wasn't as dreary as the first two sequels that were released in 2003!
If you're a fan of the original Matrix trilogy, then you'll dig Resurrections. If you're only a fan of the action sequences in the original trilogy, then you'll enjoy Resurrections. And if you disliked The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, then you should like Resurrections because it definitely didn't take itself too seriously and wasn't full of a bunch of psychoanalytical mumbo-jumbo!
I appreciated Resurrections for its self-deprecating humor; with the new Morpheus, played by Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, poking fun at the mannerisms of the old Morpheus that was portrayed by Laurence Fishburne in the original trilogy.
Also, with Neo (Keanu Reeves) working as a video game designer during the 60 years that passed between Revolutions and Resurrections, there was an opportunity to take a light-hearted dig at the first trilogy (and reboots in general)—as the video game that Neo, a.k.a. Thomas Anderson, worked on was based on The Matrix.
Carrie-Anne Moss is back as Trinity, Jada Pinkett Smith returned as Niobe and Lambert Wilson reprised his role as The Merovingian. A new incarnation of Agent Smith is played by Jonathan Groff, while Priyanka Chopra Jonas portrayed the adult version of Sati from Revolutions.
Stealing the show as new characters are Bugs (Jessica Henwick) and The Analyst (Neil Patrick Harris).
Don Davis, who conducted the memorable music in the original trilogy, wasn't back to do the film score for The Matrix Resurrections, but the music composed by Johnny Klimek and Tom Tykwer worked just as nicely.
And of course, the action sequences and visual effects in this Lana Wachowski-directed installment were just as dazzling as those of Resurrections' three predecessors!
I would say more, but I don't want to spoil the movie for those of you Matrix fans who haven't watched it yet. All I'm gonna say is...Neo isn't the only one who can fly by the end of this film!
Have a safe and Merry Christmas, everyone.
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