Kaori Inoue

Lackluster and coming up short in imagination, The Matrix Resurrections substitutes new ideas for self-indulgence. That it lacks the patent leather shine of the original feels almost inevitable, with an unfocused plot and undeveloped supporting cast. The story does nothing to move forward the genre or its core narrative, serving as little more than bland comfort food, an idea antithetical to the original premise of waking people up from complacency.