Lazy storytelling, flashbacking to the OG movies and slicing them into the current arc numerous times was just cheap and jarring.
If you were a casual fan or first time watcher who isn't invested in the lore then that could be confusing as hell...
What could have been a dope arc that could have been explored was the machine civil war where some machines wanted to be completely free and unbound from the Matrix and go for dolo. A rebellion within a rebellion..but we got Marvel jokes and fist bumps with Transformer bots...
Was good to see some strong Black leads in this film, that was the only saving grace...
As I am watching it again on Max, they almost made Morpheus from Harlem or flamboyant AF....
Should have left it as a trilogy and let it rest in peace...