Not good

This was... not good. There are some of the best action scenes in any movie bar none but none of them are as good or as memorable as the ones in the original trilogy. It's all also very meta, which is something that feels very very un-Matrix-ish if you ask me. I know that the purpose was exactly for it to be different from the original trilogy, but it has very little value on its own. It keeps rehashing scenes and moments from the original movies for nostalgia factor in ways that sometimes do manage to hit, but mostly just made me want to go watch those movies. The overuse of nostalgic moments also cheepened the original scenes devaluing them. The movie also goes exactly as you imagine, there are no surprises, it never strays from the most obvious, boring path. It also, in may scenes, seems cheap, I suppose their budget was lower than the original films and they were saving for that explosive final chase scene. The best ideas are those concerning a division among machines after the ending of the original trilogy with some sentient machines even helping humans. It was a good way to move forward and add to the mythology, but it's just a very small side plot point. This movie in my opinion cheapens the brand and for that I'd say it is bad.

3/10