THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS Brings Back Some Familiar Characters From The Original Trilogy - SPOILERS

THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS Brings Back Some Familiar Characters From The Original Trilogy - SPOILERS

The Matrix Resurrections brings several characters from the original trilogy back for this fourth instalment. Some you knew about already, but there are also a few surprises! Spoilers ahead...

By MarkCassidy - Dec 22, 2021 10:12 PM EST
Filed Under: Matrix

The Matrix Resurrections is now playing in theaters and on HBO Max (you can check out our review here), so we decided to take a closer look at some of the more spoiler-y elements of this fourth instalment in the sci-fi franchise.

We've already outlined how Neo and Trinity are brought back to life, and here you'll find a breakdown of every returning character - some of whom look very different to the last time we saw them.

As previously reported, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II plays Morpheus, but not the younger version of Laurence Fishburne's character most of us assumed. This Morpheus is actually a construct created by Neo (Keanu Reeves), and can't take human form outside the Matrix.

Priyanka Chopra, meanwhile, plays an older incarnation of the "exile without a purpose" introduced in Reloaded, Sati. She keeps an eye on "Thomas" as one of his game developer colleagues and ends up devising the plan to take down The Analyst (Neil Patrick Harris).

The trailers included some big hints that Jonathan Groff would be playing Agent Smith, and sure enough, Neo's megalomaniacal nemesis returns for another showdown wearing a new face. Fortunately for Neo, Smith ultimately decides to help him take down The Analyst (his motivations are... a little murky).

Jada Pinkett Smith is also back on board as Niobe (now at least 85), who leads the free people of Io (a human city built from the ruins of Zion). She's initially reluctant to help, but relents and agrees to help Neo rescue Trinity from the machines.

Lambert Wilson reprises the role of The Merovingian for one action sequence. Now an exile, the Frenchman hurls insults at Neo and his crew as they battle other exiles, and is extremely irritating.

Finally, it's suggested - but not confirmed - that The Analyst is another incarnation of The Architect from Reloaded. He's still a horrible bastard.

Did you watch The Matrix Resurrections yet? If so, did you notice any more returning characters? Drop us a comment down below.

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MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 12/22/2021, 10:52 PM
I fell asleep like an hour into the movie. Going to give it another try
TheWalkingCuban
TheWalkingCuban - 12/22/2021, 11:02 PM
@MyCoolYoung - I fell asleep during ShangChi because I was exhausted, not because I didn’t like the movie, Had to rewatch it. I also fell asleep during eternal, that was because I didn’t like it, until I woke up. From that point forward I was like man I wish I did not miss whatever I missed, everything between the London battle and the forest battle, and I did not re-watch it. I’ll find out on D+. Just like I found out what happened before the Nirvana song on black widow. I got into that one late. So the only one I rewatched in theaters was Shang Chi. I also re-watched venom let there be carnage, and the second viewing confirmed that I did not like that movie. It was hard to really know the first time, but the second time, I realized the symbiote was an idiot.
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 12/22/2021, 11:06 PM
@TheWalkingCuban - Curious as to what any of that has to do with The Matrix Resurrections? Asking for a friend...
TheWalkingCuban
TheWalkingCuban - 12/22/2021, 11:08 PM
@SonOfAGif - Well I’m undecided if I’m going to get there late, fall asleep, or decide the symbiote, sorry, agent, is an idiot.
micvalpro
micvalpro - 12/22/2021, 11:03 PM
I hate the Meta stuff. This movies a mess. There's some really good ideas in it though. I THINK ITS TIME TO PASS THE REIGNS TO A NEW DIRECTOR THOUGH IF THERY CONTINUE.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 12/22/2021, 11:07 PM
I just finished...Yawn. It was rough. Roommates and I in fell in and out of paying attention at times. Paused the movie for a good 20 minutes and then hopped back in. The meta stuff got tiring, the plot was a mess and it just felt like interesting ideas that weren’t really ironed out well.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 12/22/2021, 11:29 PM
@BlackBeltJones - And the action sucked. They definitely didn’t have Yuen Woo Ping on this one.
IronGenesis
IronGenesis - 12/22/2021, 11:47 PM
WB/HBOMAX should move quick on a Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, MORPHEUS 2.0 Limited Series. So much potential for he and the now ambiguous Smith to explore as they can exist beyond any living character and go even further into the future. Would be a shame though to not see more of Jessica Henwick. She was the glue of this picture.

Glad to see the Film has stabilized around 68-70% on RT. A film of this ambition and subversion was bound to be divisive. But seems like enough folks are “getting it”. Which is a breath of fresh air.

Oh and the Analyst…yeah, not the Architect. He even states this.
AnthonyVonGeek
AnthonyVonGeek - 12/23/2021, 12:02 AM
I’m so glad I watched this on HBOMAX and didn’t waste the money at a theater.
Inktown03
Inktown03 - 12/23/2021, 12:51 AM
I couldn’t finish this, there’s a reason this wasn’t released in theaters.


Inktown03
Inktown03 - 12/23/2021, 1:10 AM
Laurence Fishburne dodged a Bullet
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