“The Matrix Resurrections” Review

Lana Wachowski’s return to the Matrix is a refreshing deconstruction. Whereas other long-awaited retreads seem to merely coast on nostalgic twinges and marketable reiterating, here’s a film that dares to question its own influence and the purpose of its return. There’s more than a nostalgia present. In fact, nostalgia is directly criticized and attacked, which is perhaps the most Matrix thing that The Matrix Resurrections does so well.

Such a film would have to be postmodern in itself. Consi...