The Matrix is one of the most well-known cyberpunk movies; I’m not going to argue its cyberpunk qualities. But 20 years after The Matrix was relevant, we got a cash-grab sequel in Matrix Resurrections.
My question to you is: Is there anything cyberpunk left in Matrix Resurrections? Or has the franchise been so diluted that what’s left is no longer cyberpunk? For example, in the first movie Neo was a hacker. By this movie, I really wouldn’t call him a hacker anymore. But maybe the themes of “what it means to be human” still remain?
Resurrections had a point?
Funfact: The Matrix actually has one of.my favorite moments in foreshadowing. See there’s this scene where Agent Smith bends over backwards to dodge a bullet…
See this foreshadows the bullet Hugo Weaving dodged by not reprising the role of Agent Smith in Resurrections!
The point from WB’s perspective was to milk a dry teat.
The point from Lana’s perspective was to poison the brand in the hope that WB won’t do it again.
Also Agent Smith isn’t shown dodging bullets. He’s torturing Morpheus in the office while Trinity and Neo are on the roof with a different agent, who dodges all the bullets but one. I wouldn’t count the subway fight because every bullet misses in that one, his and Neo’s, and neither is doing much in the way of actively dodging.