Matrix (4) Resurrections : Highly Recommended

I thought the new Matrix Resurrections was excellent. Highly recommended. And it certainly delivers as a trans allegory.

It took somebody pointing it out to me, but when The Suit (new-Smith) keeps referring to Tom, he's dead-naming Neo. And Neo, who's been wearing pants the whole movie, ends up wearing a cassock-dress and in a supportive role.

Neo and Trinity are willing to commit suicide to avoid being forced into a box that's not their desire. There is an awful lot of suicide in the movie, and in the series (going back to The Kid in the Animatrix). It's not a subtle thing - weaponizing people to jump out of buildings to maintain the economy's progress.

I did appreciate that Smith's last line ('know what the difference is between us?') pays homage to the last line in Bound.

It's not a perfect movie. So what. It is a great movie. The pitch room scenes took too much time and overworked the banality. The fight scenes took too long and often there was no plot development keying on the conflicts. The Merovingian was a welcome return but really didn't contribute to the plot, as much as set up another sequel.

The movie asks the questions: Will you/we be your(our)selves? What price would you pay? What reward would make you willing to surrender your identity? To what degree would you help others to be themselves? And those really aren't Trans Questions.