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Agent smith says things like OMG and robot sentinels give fist bumps now. Though failing to capture the magic of the first movie, I could appreciate the other sequels for trying to expand the universe and keeping the same tone. This one purposely makes a mockery of itself and calls it self awareness. I'll stick with watching the first one only for now on.

If you know the original trilogy, leave it at that and leave this movie alone. It is a self devouring serpent from the moment it starts.

In a word: S L I M Y

Save your money and your sanity.

I've been waiting for this one with anticipation and I was thoroughly disappointed. I spent the first 40 minutes wondering what was going on. It was barely coherent. The rest of the movie got slightly better. But there was no real story. Some parts were enjoyable. Some weren't. But, at the end, I didn't feel like my day had been enriched by watching it and I have no desire to watch it again. The original Matrix, on the other hand, I still watch that at least once a year. This movie was done strictly as a money grab. There was no real story to tell and no journey to follow. I don't recommend it!

It was so bad... that I don't have words to discribe it. Never watch if you don't want to compromise your memory about old Matrix.

Every single moment is stupid and not logical.

I must admit I never expected a fourth film in this series, but here we are. Matrix 4 follows Neo - reborn into a new matrix as a computer game programmer who thinks that all the events in the original trilogy were part of a computer game that he created. When memories begin to surface, and people from his past re-enter his life, he must once again break free of the matrix and attempt to reawaken Trinity.

This series sadly has been one of deminishing returns, and I was hoping that this 4th entry would break that decline... but sadly it does not. The most annoying thing is that the plot works... I can completely get behind the idea of the old matrix being a video game inside the new matrix. However, an utter slew of problems just drag the film down into a large pit of mediocrity despite this. The first problem is that aside from Neo and Trinity, the rest of the characters are 100% forgettable, including Morpheus (who is a new actor). Then there's the action, which is lukewarm at best. I get that Keanu is older now and perhaps would struggle with the high-octane stuff... but it looks like he isn't even trying half the time.

But by far the biggest problem, is that the film 100% focuses on the love story between the leads and everything else is half baked. I get that it was important in the original trilogy, but even then it was just one aspect of a larger story. This film drives and drives the Neo loves Trinity plot point so much it begins to irritate, and since you obviously know they will fly off into the sunset together, the whole film just feels like its going through the motions.

Overall this feels like a wasted opportunity to resurrect (sorry) this franchise and if you skip it you will miss precisely nothing. Disappointing...

If the SyFy channel made a Matrix series it would look like this. So much about this is way off. The editing and pacing. Shot composition. Fight scenes. Lighting... All of it looks cheap and nasty and that's just the 1st 10 mins.

A lot of effort went into the story, with details and references and self references and in-jokes. And yet, in the last act of the film, it felt like who ever wrote the thing ran out of ideas and just did random things. That felt like a betrayal. Then there was the film itself, which consistently felt less evolved, in both effects and fight choreography, than the original film *from 22 years ago!*. Last but not least, there were the characters. Keanu and Carrie-Ann aside, the rest of the people had no characterization at all and the actors, some I knew from other stuff like Sense8, had less to work with than in the TV series they were grabbed from. Remember how awesome Max Riemelt was in Sense 8? Here he was a yes man with a bad accent. Remember how amazing and fun Lambert Wilson was in the original Matrix films? Here he was no more than an obscenity spouting homeless crazy person. I think Jonathan Groff did a reasonable job, but his character was all over the place. And so on.

I don't want to touch on the sexual orientation of most of the actors or the agenda that is always pushed by the Wackowskis, because it doesn't really matter here. Put all that aside and it's still a mess of a film.

Bottom line: if it were a random low budget scifi, it would have been average. As a sequel to The Matrix, it has great potential and it failed miserably.

I have to say that I was really disappointed with this movie. Growing up with the originals, I remember how ground breaking they were and how much I looked forward to each one coming out. I know that you can't necessarily measure this movie against the trilogy and I went into it with that outlook but I still found that it just lacked the feel that the originals had, it didn't feel like the matrix completely.

This movie seems like a mess, like they tried to cram 3 more movies into one and as such it moves very fast, to the point where I found it hard to even follow. I personally didn't like the casting for Agent Smith, I felt like he did not bring the same menace or authority to the role. You never really see Neo develop his skills, it just kinda happens. Also the constant snippets of the previous movies peppered into the movie did not fit for me, just seemed weird how they added that in.

Overall this could have been so much better and honestly I don't think this movie adds anything to the original trilogy and nor does it add any real closure to the story or characters so I have to question what the point even was. It's weird because there is no plan on turning this into a trilogy, it's just a one off so what was the point? I give six stars because it made me nostalgic enough to want to watch the original trilogy again and the acting was good, the special effects were good. It's just a shame that they robbed so much from the originals and put them into this movie. Sometimes you watch a movie and it feels like they are making the movie just to make a movie, just because they can, not because it should be done. If you don't watch this movie, then you have not really missed anything.

You talk about the first movie thats fine. But these little clips showing us are utterly terrible. And they just kept going and going.

So I gave up after 30 minutes but then I just had to know what happens in the movie so i watched the rest. And its not bad. Its good actually. Just some things still make no sense. Like the clips from the first movie are in all the wrong places. We know all the stuff they show us but we dont know what they didnt show us. Like who is that group of homeless people. Why no flashback here when it would have made sense.

Also not having Hugo Play agent smith really lowers the movie by a huge margin. Not having morpheus is explained because of the time gap. But no Hugo was the worst part about this movie.

This movie looses the magic of The Matrix. Everybody who's seen the previous three Matrix movies will be very disappointed. Everyone expects something similar to the famous bullet doge, or Neo vs. Smith, or even the final fight in the rain. But the movie delivers none of that. Every fight scene is full of fake-looking CGI, neither Neo nor Trinity really does any physical fighting. Instead, they just use their Matrix powers. You can't feel any impact during fight scenes. The majority of epic sequences are already in the trailer. The tone and pacing feel weird and there's very little chemistry between some of the new characters. The movie also has a lot of dull conversation while attempting to bring back nostalgia. This movie is overly reliant on the previous movies. There would be a reference to the trilogy once in a while, sometimes there will even be a scene directly from the trilogy. The whole movie just feels lazy. The only good sequence is towards the finale, when Neo and Trinity are motorcycling through the city.

Looks like Lana Wachowski decided to take a backseat and let a fanboy take the entire movie. That's how the whole movie was. I cringed so hard at the self References that they make throughout the movie. Till this movie , I thought that Keanu and Carrie Ann Moss were the backbones of this movie but now , I realised that it is Lawrence Fishburne and Hugo Weaving who carried it. The action sequences were not fluid as in the first movie. Plot wise I felt that this was better than Revolutions but the making was so bland. Easily the worst movie in The Matrix franchise.

Truly unbelievable they had the nerve to release this. They re-enact the majority of scenes from the trilogy, primarily the original movie, and also physically show footage of the original numerous times. Pathetic, it really is pathetic. I'm tired of this repetitive mediocre garbage with seemingly every new movie of the past 5 or so years, the lack of effort and quality is beyond sad. I barely go to the cinema anymore as of a few years ago due to total nonsense being on, and I think this was my last cinema visit ever unless I can be sure it's even remotely worth the money.

A large portion of The Matrix Resurrections is about digging into the memories of not only Thomas Anderson but the audience who watched these movies 20 years ago. While the flirtation with nostalgia is interesting, the commentary on the entertainment industry in general is a little too obvious for a world that is already elbows deep within it.

The core of this movie is what really matters and that's Neo and Trinity. The progression of their story makes absolute sense when taking the entire franchise into context and ultimately gives us a Matrix movie that is far more personal than we've had before. They are not pushed aside to prop up newer characters and when I walked out of the theater I was not thinking about the action or special effects but instead the beautiful relationship between two human beings that reminds us what true love is all about.

WB wanted a cash grab, Lana delivers us this urgent message

We pride the first Matrix on making us think long after viewing the movie. I was so disappointed in this movie*, and all I could think of was what went wrong, so it was at least within the same spirit. I took it upon my self to try and find out..

My theory:

The first portion of the movie explains everything, and it's not even veiled. Lana name dropped Warner Brothers, which came as a bit of a 'shock' to hear, which was exactly it's intention. In this moment Lana has effectively removed you from the movie*. This is done in order to speak to you in person. She had the following message, "WARNER BROTHERS said they would do it without us...~" Take note, the way in which this sentence is worded the 'shock' is delivered first. In this portion of the movie Lana is Neo (actually she's always Neo). Neo expresses how there's no story to be told, because after the trilogy, the story was complete, but when you're in that position you feel as though your Art, your Passion is being threatened, so you might as well take the reigns.

I apologize beforehand if I'm wrong, but I really believe the cat went up this tree. I honestly feel that this movie was intentionally sabotaged, or just not really taken that seriously. I say that because if we're still assuming that Lana is Neo, and Neo feels as though there's no need for a Matrix 4. Yet he still has to make it anyway for some big corporation that wants cash grab (before the year's end). When art pieces are as personal as The Matrix is to the Wachowski's it can be rather insulting when someone bypasses all the meaning behind it just to make a quick buck. So after Lana uses the first act of the movie* to explain to you why the Matrix 4 doesn't need to exist, and the remaining acts she just eked out something that resembled a movie just to get it past those corporate morons (and it worked). All Within the first act Lana's statement is complete. You can turn the movie* off, because what follows is Lana demonstrating what happens when you don't respect the work of an artist.

The fact that Lawrence Fishburne wasn't even contacted, and the decision to move forward without Hugo Weaving actually makes sense now. It was actually done out of respect for the two veteran actors.

I believe Lana knew that this movie* would tank, If the movie didn't tank they'd just ask for another, and another, yet the story was already completed. Having the movie tank works in her favor, to lower the value of the franchise so that it would be less likely to be looked at in such a disgustingly greedy way. However I don't know how effect that will be, WB always has the option to, "do it without us (Wachowskis)," and perhaps a spinoff might save the franchise, but a franchise isn't what Lana wants

So all the rage and anger actually works in her favor, because a lot of viewers are in agreement with Lana when they say, "No more Matrix movies."

and Again if we're still assuming Neo is Lana, Neo never makes the Matrix 4. I believe this may hint to this movie* as not being a part of 'The Matrix' at all, which is why I used an asterisk when referring to this movie*.

Lana this was a genius way to get your point across. Perhaps too genius.

The original Matrix is an absolute classic (9/10). The two sequels were good (6 or 7/10) but with pretty confusing storylines in parts.

This film is truly dreadful. Surprisingly awful in fact.

The trailor takes tiny snapshots of the film and make it look like a fantastic blockbuster, but in reality it is a nostalgia-heavy, poorly thought out and terribly acted 'remake' of sorts of the first film.

The storyline and the number of pointless easter eggs/repeats of the first film make this a largely pointless addition to the original trilogy.

Save your money or go and see Spiderman instead 🤣

I've had it with these pointless soft reboots. It's like Terminator Genisys crossed with A Good Day to Die Hard (in terms of sequel style), except way, way worse. It thoroughly destroys the entire Matrix legacy, so efficiently in fact that it seems like a parody that is trying to do exactly that. It has no soul, no point, no logic, nothing. I even hated every single action sequence. It was so repulsive I had to look at memes on half a screen to lessen the pain enough to finish the film. Turns out there wasn't a single enjoyable second there to find, yet I still feel brave for having watched it all the way, making it the single worst movie I've ever finished. Easily the greatest disappointment in film history. Therefore this movie is an inspiration for fan made Matrix short films and reloaded/revolutions edits. Only watch this film if you're being paid good money to do so.

Like most, the original Matrix blew my mind when I saw it in the theaters. I don't think there will ever be another movie that will have the same effect on me and truly being genre defining. So it's silly to expect it from Matrix Resurrections. They were never shy acknowledging this was in big part fan service and honestly they did well on that end. They also managed to make a decent story, have good action scenes, and get the actors to give it their best shot. Again, it doesn't compare to the original but it's good enough to make you forget Reloaded and Revolutions, and just for that it's a great movie in my book.