The Matrix Resurrections
Hollywood is awash with nostalgia nowadays. From churning out live-action remakes of classic Disney animated movies to rebooting iconic film franchises with new instalments – we’re looking at you, Star Wars and Star Trek – studio executives and audiences seemingly can’t get enough of retelling stories that we’ve seen and heard before. For two decades, The Matrix had been immune to suffering a similar fate. But, with studios keen to tap into fan nostalgia by any means necessary, the iconic and ground-breaking sci-fi film series has become the latest property to receive the reboot treatment, albeit of the ‘soft revamp’ variety. The result is The Matrix Resurrections , an evocative and fan service-fuelled sequel to 2003’s The Matrix Revolutions that reunites us with beloved characters including Neo and Morpheus. With the original Matrix trilogy telling a complete story, however, is a fourth movie necessary? And, perhaps more importantly, given the middling-to-poor reception that the ...