Direction: Lana Wachowski
Country: USA
The Matrix Resurrections, the highly anticipated return of The Matrix saga is a tremendous disappointment. The extraneous fourth installment in the groundbreaking franchise created by the sisters Lana (who co-writes and directs) and Lilly (absent from this one) Wachowski confounds more than enthralls, denoting a shortage of brilliant flashes and lacking any type of nuance in the proceedings.
Keanu Reeves and Carrie Anne-Moss reprise their central roles as Neo and Trinity, while Yahya Abdul-Mateen II replaces Laurence Fishburn as Morpheo. Some newly introduced characters such as Bugs (Jessica Henwick) and The Analyst (Neil Patrick Harris) would have worked if better developed but are not given sufficient time to standout, an aspect that only makes the already debilitated script look worse.
It’s an overall messy script whose parallel realities collide with repetitive chaotic stunts and persistent moods. This awkward dance between the real and the digital may look fancy on the surface but squeeze it and you have nothing. The waste of talent and money thrown into this vain production is quite alarming, with Wachowski falling prisoner of her own model.
At some point, still far from the conclusion, it was my desire to erase this messy block of code (made of copy and paste) from the screen. After the abominable final sequence, I got less anxious as soon as I saw the final credits roll. Press the button and... erased forever!
