Review of The Matrix Resurrections (2021) by No_Seigen — 25 Dec 2021

Possibly the worst movie I have seen in the past ten years, or at least the most disappointing one. I had very little expectation given how poor the 2nd and 3rd Matrix movies turned out, but this 4th one was so bad it in fact made the 2nd and 3rd seem like masterpieces in comparison.

At some point it is implied that this movie was made only because the studio was going to make a Matrix movie with or without the Wachowskis' involvement; and the resentment shows. It is a movie so bad that it seems like the director was trying to make as awful of a matrix movie as they possibly could.

The self-referential metafictional elements are so cringeworthy and lame that the movie comes off like a bad fan film. At its best, there are brief hints of ideas that could have been used in a better way.

As a whole, the movie feels cheaper and more dated than first movie which came out over 20 years ago. It seems like the Wachowski who worked on this forgot the first thing about why people liked their movies in the first place.

There is no element of this that is at all redeemable or enjoyable. The directing, acting, casting, score, cinematography, editing, etc. etc. are all so disgustingly bad as to be amazing that anyone who even saw the first Matrix was remotely involved with this one.

The fight scenes aren't even good, confusingly edited and appearing cheap and fake. The casting of the villains is borderline criminal. Even the set design is uninspired and dated. The film appears to be set in the cringiest part of the early 2010's, even the outfits the characters appear in being unimaginative and unstylish.

There is nothing in this movie worth even thinking about. Avoid at all costs.