Trinity was given a poor ending in Revolutions. The Matrix Resurrections not only brings her back, but makes her the beating heart of the story.

Warning: Spoilers for The Matrix Resurrections ahead.

The Matrix Resurrections fixes the insult done to Trinity by her death in The Matrix Revolutions. The new film from Director Lana Wachowski reunites Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) and Neo (Keanu Reeves), nearly 20 years after the original trilogy concluded with their deaths. In Resurrections, Trinity and Neo discover that the Machines have kept them alive in order for them to unknowingly keep powering the Matrix. While this isn't as surprising in Neo's case, it is in Trinity's, as the last time audiences saw her, her end was fairly decisive.

In The Matrix Revolutions, Trinity sacrifices herself to get Neo to the Machine City, crash-landing their ship into the City itself. Neo survives, but Trinity dies from her wounds, leaving Neo to finish the journey alone. With her fridging herself, plenty of viewers were outraged upon the release of The Matrix Revolutions. To them, Trinity had been cast aside by writer-directors Lana and Lily Wachowski, who had decidedly interrupted Trinity's inspirational narrative to bolster the arc of another male protagonist.

In The Matrix Resurrections, Lana Wachowski chooses to fix her perceived mistake, not only by bringing Trinity back with Neo, but by making her the beating heart of the movie. Neo refuses to abandon the Matrix without Trinity, and unlike before, Trinity is as important to the Machines' new Matrix as Neo. When her mind is finally freed, Trinity gains the powers of The One and saves Neo at the movie's climax by using her new power of flight to catch Neo as they both leap from a building to escape the system's defense bots. The two end the film united and with a restored drive to free as many minds from the Matrix as they possibly can. The movie's final shot is Neo and Trinity flying hand-in-hand as equals, affirming once and for all that the driving force of the series has always been Neo and Trinity's love and that she has always been on his level.

The Matrix Resurrections also uses its time to examine just what Trinity has meant to audiences after 20 years. A member of the crew of rebels who save Neo (and who are also an allegory for fans who grew up watching The Matrix), reveals that she has always idolized Trinity, and wonders whether Trinity can still be the same inspiration that she was during the original trilogy. The movie's two best scenes attack this question as well, featuring Neo and Trinity talking to one another in a coffee shop, once at the beginning of the movie, and once near the end. In each of them, Carrie-Anne Moss oozes quiet charisma as Trinity remembers how much she misses the feeling of being herself, and how much she wants to be that inspiration again.

Though The Matrix Revolutions ended with Trinity dead for the sake of Neo, The Matrix Resurrections successfully fixes the insult that was done to her. The film understands that Neo is nothing without Trinity. Their bond of love is what powers Trinity and Neo's will to freedom that has inspired a generation of children and adults to seek their own self-actualization.

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