Frustrating follow-up a head-scratcher

The Matrix Resurrections DVD ●●●●●

How to sum up this movie, especially without spoilers? Erm, it’s a tough one.

Repeat viewings are necessary but on first watch it’s a muddled mess with moments of sheer brilliance and head-slapping madness.

I hated the metaheavy first half-anhour; there was a smugness to the in-jokes and much of the dialogue completely took me out of the movie.

But the scenes with Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss are very good as you will on the reconstruction of their splintered bond, while Reeves’Neo’s powers are always a sight to behold and there are neat zombie-like“Swarms”.