While the first film channeled the aesthetics of late ‘90s punk and nascent Internet subcultures to tell a universally relevant tale of one man’s sci-fi enlightenment (think of Neo as a wide-eyed college student and Morpheus as his first “cool teacher”), The Matrix Reloaded revealed that Neo’s role as a revolutionary was nothing more than predetermined programming, a maneuver enacted by the Matrix itself. To this day, one of the biggest twists in 2003’s The Matrix Reloaded remains that it swerved on the first film’s “chosen one” narrative.
Here’s how.Īt the end of The Matrix Revolutions, the Matrix rebooted after the sacrifice of Neo. But rest assured: the film’s sequels did in fact set up The Matrix Resurrections, nearly 20 years ago. Though The Matrix is unforgettable in broad strokes, its finer details may be a little hazier in your memory. Though in some ways a spiritual remake of the original Matrix from 1999 - right down to the choice of color-contrasted pills - Resurrections will also serve as a continuation of the trilogy, with both Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss back as Neo and Trinity.īut how does Resurrections carry on the story? And, hey, didn’t Neo die? As many of us scramble to remember what actually happened in those Matrix sequels (did I mention they were unpopular?), Resurrections gives fans plenty of reasons to go back down the rabbit hole. releasing a trailer for the upcoming The Matrix Resurrections, which picks up the story for a fourth entry. While both Matrix sequels remain divisive entries in the franchise, to put it mildly, there’s electricity in the air today, with Warner Bros. That’s how The Matrix Revolutions ended, just shy of two decades ago. “Just how long do you think this peace is going to last?”
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