The Matrix Resurrections star Carrie-Anne Moss, who plays Trinity in the films, believes that audiences do not have to have seen the original Matrix trilogy before jumping into the new film. The long-awaited movie is the fourth installment in the beloved Matrix franchise, released almost two decades after The Matrix Revolutions hit theaters. Resurrections is directed by Lana Wachowski (this time without her sister) and premiered this week in theaters and HBO Max.
The Matrix Resurrections picks up the Matrix franchise sixty years after the conclusion of The Matrix Revolutions. Once again centering its story on Thomas Anderson a.k.a Neo (Keanu Reeves), Resurrections explores his mysterious revival following Neo's death at the end of the third movie and once again sees him begin to question his reality inside The Matrix, just like he did in the first film. Along the way, he is re-introduced to Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss), who has been similarly resurrected inside the digital construct and does not remember her previous life as a warrior for the human race.
Now, with The Matrix Resurrections available to view in theaters and to stream on HBO Max, Carrie-Anne Moss does not think that audiences need to watch the other films before jumping into the latest installment. Speaking with CinemaBlend, the actress explained that while it would be fun to watch all four films, it is not a prerequisite to enjoying the latest movie in the Matrix franchise. Moss said:
I think they can just jump into it and/or watch the other movies. I think it would be great to go on that journey. It’s fun.
So, while Moss does not think that audiences need to watch every Matrix movie leading up to The Matrix Resurrections, she does think it would be an enjoyable experience for members of the audience to go through all of the preceding stories to get the full Resurrections experience. Resurrections is steeped in its own lore, which means reexamining the previous films may help provide a fuller experience. Luckily, the previous Matrix movies are all streaming, which means finding them is not that difficult for fans looking to go on the journey.
Of course, if one does not actually want to go back and watch the previous Matrix movies, Resurrections does a very good job of keeping an audience member up to date on everything they need to know. The film is chock full of clear references to the previous movies (not to mention clips from previous films) to help hammer home the meta, satirical nature of The Matrix Resurrections. As such, even without a full review of the franchise, there’s a good chance that The Matrix Resurrections will still provide enough context to make it worthwhile.
Source: CinemaBlend