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  Hollywood Film Review Johnson Thomas The weakest link in the Matrix universe Film: The Matrix Resurrections (2021) Cast: Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jonathan Groff, Jessica Henwick, Neil Patrick Harris, Jada Pinkett Smith, Priyanka Chopra Jonas Director: Lana Wachowski Rating: * * ½ Runtime: 148 min. The first “Matrix” movie since 2003's “The Matrix Revolutions,” “The Matrix Resurrections” is a refashioned reboot with Neo (Keanu Reeves), also known as Thomas Anderson, a brilliant video game programmer, sitting in a board room and under pressure from his boss, trying to come up with ideas for a sequel. His game “The Matrix” was a hit and “bullet-time” an awe-inspiring high that every geek character seeks to top. What’s unique about this attempt to expand the franchise is the merging of the real with the imagined. You now have to buy into a new-fangled idea that frames “The Matrix” as a simulation, created by Thomas Anderson inside the actual Matrix. It’s...