The Matrix 4 trailer is here: Here are the 5 coolest things

The Matrix 4 trailer is here: Here are the 5 coolest things

The trailer for The Matrix 4 has finally been released. If you think you're sequel weary, you should try the return of Thomas "Neo" Anderson (Keanu Reeves). There are some weird moments in the trailer, including Neil Patrick Harris playing Neo's therapist, but some of these moments are undeniably cool.

We want to know more about the blue-haired woman helping Neo, or what the character of "Candyman" actor Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is all about. But until we find out more about them, here are five of the coolest parts of the "Matrix 4" trailer (also below, which you can watch right now).

Critics? Initial reactions to Matrix 4 have been, as expected, polarizing.

I'll say it again for those who missed it yesterday: the bearded face of Neo (is this a John Wick variant? It suggests and shows the protagonist's exhaustion, as if he were exhausted by the truce.

His dream is apparently being pulled back into the Matrix or something, which is just closing in on him. At that point, who has time to shave?

We also know that Neo and Trinity are estranged because she has no memory of what happened in the first three films, so his appearance is another sign that life is closing in on him.

Near the end of the trailer, the agent chasing the hero fires a rocket launcher through the door of the club. And that rocket goes through the doorway ...... to the train?

I know the movie "The Matrix" enjoys breaking reality, but this was really cool. Neo and Trinity are standing on a rooftop when a helicopter fires another missile at them. [Neo basically uses his power to "boomerang" a rocket at the helicopter and blow it up. Oops.

The character played by Yahya Abdul-Mateen II gives Neo the red pill, but seems to know him well. He then takes him to the training dojo for a moment reminiscent of when Morpheus trained him.

This is where everything takes a sharp turn. Neo shows off his strength, slamming his sparring partner so hard into the air that he shatters the walls and appears to have (literally) blown the roof off the building.

One wonders how Neo has honed and improved his skills since The Matrix Revolutions, and it looks like we'll get to see it for ourselves.

As the chorus of Jefferson Airplane's "Feed Your Head" from "White Rabbit" crescendos in the trailer, one begins to realize that the soundtrack to this Matrix film may be more interesting than the previous one.

No offense to nĂ¼-metal gods like Linkin Park, but a Matrix movie featuring songs by Marilyn Manson and other big-name artists of the past sounds the opposite of what we need now. A historical soundtrack? That's a pill we can swallow.

Throughout the trailer, we see that Trinity is essentially a "prisoner." This is because she is connected to the back of her head by a cable (seemingly in a pod from the original version of The Matrix) and because she does not recognize Neo. [If you see the shot above where Trinity appears to be screaming and multiplying, you're ready to hit the play button now. No, seriously, Warner. Get "The Matrix 4" on HBO Maxx right now. We need to see Carrie-Anne Moss kicking ass right now.

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