Tim Waters

No spoilers.. I’ll start off by saying I so wanted this movie to be good. The prospect of having another Matrix movie after so many years and the fact that two lead actors were returning had me very excited from the moment I heard about it. If Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss both signed up, it must mean it was worth the wait…right?  HUUUUGE fan of the franchise. Marathon-watched the whole trilogy leading in to watching Resurrections. To say it was a let down would be an understatement. The film seemed lazily thrown together relying on viewers' nostalgia to carry the film. Frequent overuse of clips from the first three films felt like a desperate attempt to force the audience to make connections rather than let us connect the dots ourselves.  Much of the appeal of the first three films is the use of theology and philosophy as building blocks of the story and source of much of the intriguing, well-thought-out dialogue. The Architect.  The wisdom and guidance of the Oracle and Morpheus. The quick-witted banter between Smith and Neo.  Resurrections missed the mark on this aspect COMPLETELY.  It was insulting. It was as if it was dumbed down for an audience that is no longer willing or able to think for themselves. It felt like a “Matrix for Dummies" manual.  Keanu's and Carrie-Anne's performances were not stellar but not bad.  The rest of the cast was unremarkable, given the script.  I had expected that much of the story would focus on the explanation behind Neo's and Trinity's return, which seemed rushed and dismissive of the core audience’s yearning for this answer. Ultimately, this film was a slap in the face, patronizing to fans of the original films and condescending to the younger audience.