The Matrix Resurrections

"A movie that is in direct conversation with itself and what came before, and while the routes it takes to get there are sledgehammer blunt at times, the points it raises are wild."

So inside itself that it doesnt exhibit any actual interest in humanity.

None of the head-spinning revelations of the first...here's the thing: The Matrix really is a standalone film.

A personal vision writ extremely large, with a still-singular graphic splendor and juicy themes of identity, consent, and the limits of conspiratorial thinking.

I enjoyed thinking of this film more as a form of media criticism than I enjoyed watching it as a movie.

It honors the legacy, but it feels more mature and lived-in.

A sleek, meta, & complex return to this franchise makes for an ALMOST Perfect sequel even if it’s second half could of been stronger

Lana Wachowski delivers a surprisingly meta, self-aware movie about the original trilogy packed with bold, fascinating ideas but an absolutely terrible execution.

The Matrix Resurrections can be merited for its attempt to honor its predecessors, even if it becomes distracted by trying to please its parent studio.

I especially love the costuming in the film. This isn’t a standard legacy-quel, and it’s all the better because of that.