The Matrix Resurrections is now playing in theaters and on HBO Max (you can check out our review here), so we decided to address one of the biggest questions fans had about this long-waited sequel when it was announced that both Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss would reprise their respective roles.
Both Neo and Trinity were killed-off at the end of Revolutions in pretty definitive fashion, with the former giving his life to save the human city of Zion after his one true love died in his arms when their ship crashed. Thankfully, this is not glossed over, and we are given an explanation for their return - even if it's not a particularly satisfying one.
Major spoilers follow.
Basically, it's revealed that The Analyst (Neil Patrick Harris) is really The Architect from the original trilogy, who decided to bring Neo and Trinity back to life after the events of Revolutions and plug them into a new version of The Matrix. You might be wondering how this was possible since our heroes died in the real world, and... you'd be absolutely right to. It really doesn't make a whole lot of sense, but, evidently, one of The Architect's many abilities involves human resurrection.
Why he needed to plug them back in is also a little murky, but it's suggested that their bond is powerful enough to generate a completely new digital world where the humans would be more docile.
Oh, and it is also made clear that Neo's sacrifice wasn't completely in vain. There was a period of peace in which some machines actually defected to the human cause, and, they learned how to make strawberries!
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