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UMR Review of The Matrix: Resurrections (2021)
My Matrix rundown. Loved the original. I thought the second one was ok. I did not like the third one…as it seemed to be all special effects with a limited story. Now…I have seen the 4th part. So what did I think?
The good stuff. Ok…I was glad to see Neo and Trinity again. I thought Neil Patrick Harris was very good in the movie. The second half of the movie was much better than the first part.
The bad stuff. I was not too impressed with this one. The movie looked off….as the cinematography looked so different than the other movies. The first half of the movie was pretty much a repeat of the first Matrix movie….that seemed unnecessary and boring. The fight scenes were also pretty boring and non-suspenseful ..even though they were well done. Most of the new cast members (excluding NPH) were ok at best. They were not memorable at all. The finale, which pushed Neo to the background went out with a whimper versus a bang.
I missed having Hugo Weaving and Laurence Fishburne in the movie. Still having their characters in the movie was even worse, as it constantly took me out of the movie. I kept thinking about Hugo and Larry whenever the new Agent Smith and the new Morpheus appeared on screen. And now to my biggest complaint…..movie seems to be more interested in setting up a new trilogy versus making a good movie. When the movie went off, it seems to assume we will all want parts 5 and 6. I was thinking, I hope they do not make anymore.
I like you liked the first 2 films. The 3rd one was numbing, like Transformers gone haywire (and I was not a big fan of those). I hated all the flashback scenes to the earlier movies, like having Larry Fishbourne show up from 20 years ago. I remember one of the earlier ones had a great chase on a highway, and here we have a chase through either the backlot of the studio or on a sound stage with appropriate building fronts there.
This film actually was scheduled in our theater for just 3 days (Wednesday to Friday). It’s playing in the sister AMC of ours which has bigger screens and rip off Imax prices.
This film I gave 1 out of 4 stars.
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