The Matrix Resurrections (2021)

- Country: United States
- Action Director: Jonathan Eusebio, Joshua Grothe, Ulrik Bruchholz
- Directed by: Lana Wachowski
- Starring: Carrie-Anne Moss, Christina Ricci, Jada Pinkett Smith, Jessica Henwick, Jonathan Groff, Keanu Reeves, Lambert Wilson, Neil Patrick Harris, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
So, here’s a challenge: how can Warner Bros. reboot a valuable IP nearly 20 years after two of its main characters quite convincingly died in order to save what remains of the human race, while also make the game-changing, genre-bending, technology-led dystopian setting of the original trilogy seem relevant for a modern, digitally savvy audience watching in 2021? More intriguingly, how can Lana Wachowski (her sister, Lilly, is missing from the franchise this time around) avoid making the whole thing feel like a purely cynical commercial exercise?
Well, to answer the latter question, she can’t. In order to reach the desired …
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