I’m a fan of the original Matrix Trilogy (1999-2003), and I love all three movies.
The Matrix Resurrections (2021) follow the original trilogy, and we get to see some people get resurrected, as stated in the title. I like this sequel as it also presents some ingenious ideas especially in the first act, but I loved the original trilogy better, because there are several issues that bother me:
- The rationale of the resurrection is even more absurd than the original human as battery proposition. This is not a major problem though.
- Why Smith does what he does at certain scenes, especially the climax, require more much clarifications. Without this clearly defined, the movie makes less sense than it should.
- Retcon. The definition of The One, and what happens to Trinity, are not entirely consistent with the original trilogy.
- The climax scene simply looks messy instead of stylish. It feels more like a zombie action scene than a Matrix action scene to me.
- The machine civil war needs much more explanation, along with the reason why some machines helped the city of Io.