Fans know to remain put by means of the credit on a Marvel film, however possibly not on a Matrix film. However, they positively ought to on the subject of The Matrix Resurrections, which is now in theaters and streaming on HBO Max.

Resurrections is the long-awaited sequel to the unique Matrix trilogy (The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions) which brings again Keanu Reeves as Neo and Carrie-Anne Moss as Trinity. Both characters died in Revolutions, or so we thought—however co-writer and director Lana Wachowski explores what occurred subsequent in her new movie.

And in any case of The Matrix Resurrections’ motion and drama, there’s the credit. If you’re like most individuals, you most likely stopped the movie there. But Wachowski has a cheeky little shock on the finish and right here’s what occurred.

If you’ve seen the film, you understand that on this new model of the Matrix, created by the machines to accommodate Neo and Trinity after Revolutions, Thomas Anderson created a vastly profitable franchise of video games referred to as… The Matrix. And now the corporate’s proprietor, Warner Bros., needs him to make a fourth recreation. Something he mentioned he’d by no means do. All of which mirrors, precisely, what Lana Wachowski went by means of with The Matrix movies.

After the credit, we revisit a scene that occurs early within the movie, and we see that Anderson’s braintrust remains to be making an attempt to interrupt down what a fourth Matrix needs to be. Now, whether or not or not that is nonetheless truly occurring within the Matrix of the film—since on the finish, Neo and Trinity are not underneath the management of the Analyst (Neil Patrick Harris)—we don’t know. Maybe it’s possibly it isn’t. But both method, one of many workers mentions that “Movies are dead. Games are dead. Narrative? Dead.” They imagine media is nothing however a collection of neural triggers. And the reply? Cat movies. “What we need is a series of videos that we call The Catrix.” He sits again with dumb confidence.

Like The Matrix Resurrections itself, the scene is a joke that works on just a few ranges. The fundamental one being the thought is so extremely silly, subsequently it’s humorous. However it’s important to suppose the scene can be most likely Wachowski commenting on each her basic disdain for contemporary, mainstream leisure and possibly even earlier concepts folks have pitched her on doing a fourth Matrix. Ideas which are so silly and random, they may as properly have been the Cat-rix. Hopefully nobody particularly ever pitched The Matrix with cats, however if you happen to sub in cats for “Any Random Popular Thing,” it turns into extra clear.

Anyway, it’s a enjoyable little addition to the movie and, in case you missed it, there it’s. The Matrix Resurrections is now taking part in.

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