Agent Smith Is Back (But Looks Different)


Agent Smith was Neo's greatest opponent in The Matrix, and they faced each other throughout the first three films. At the end of Resurrections, after Smith had partially assimilated Neo, his body collapsed into a surge of energy, and thus he and all of his clones were destroyed. However, Agent Smith returned in The Matrix Resurrections, and the film suggests that his deep connection with Neo made it so that antagonist could be revived along with the hero. Just like Neo, Smith initially did not remember who he truly was, which started to change during the attack on his and Neo's office. Considering that almost anything about Agent Smith had been destroyed at the end of Revolutions, what remained from Smith's programming inside Neo had to create a new image from scratch after being revived, thus explaining why Agent Smith looks different in Matrix Resurrections. Another major difference is that this time, Agent Smith saves Neo and Trinity now that he is a free being who understands how important The One is to him.

There Are Bots In The Matrix


Before, all of the people in the Matrix simulation, with the exception of the Agents, were avatars of real imprisoned humans. Now, in the Matrix created by the Analyst, there are also bots – lines of code that look and act like real humans inside the Matrix. Those are what Neo and Trinity face at the end of The Matrix Resurrections, and therefore the heroes were not actually hurting anyone.

Neo And Trinity Together Are The One


Perhaps The Matrix Resurrections' biggest retcon is that Trinity is also an extraordinary being, and then Trinity and Neo are both The One – when they are together. While it is not clear whether that was the case in the original Matrix designed by the Architect or something that only happens in the Analyst's Matrix, the fact is that Trinity has in Resurrections the same powers as Neo had in the other films. In The Matrix Resurrections ending, which makes the first film's ending come full circle, Trinity is able to fly along with Neo.