10 Amazing Character Moments In The Matrix Trilogy
Unpopular Opinion: Cypher might have been a better villain than Agent Smith.
In case you haven't heard, there's a fourth Matrix film in production and it is hitting cinemas and VoD later this year.
Of course you have, you're a human being and not some drone stuck inside a simulation...
It seemed only yesterday that casting and development was announced, and while the internet has only been treated to one or two photos from the set (sadly no trailers), anticipation is rising.
Outside of a whole new generation of characters joining the fray, it's been confirmed that Neo (Keanu Reeves) and Trinity (Carrie Anne Moss) are returning for the fourth film, and sequel characters Niobe (Jada Pinkett Smith) and the Merovingian (Lambert Wilson) will be making a return. But sadly Morpheus and Agent Smith haven't been confirmed at all yet - which admittedly is a sting to learn.
In the hopes that other characters in the franchise make a return, let's take a look back at some of these heroes and villains, and some of their best and most defining moments.
Whether they threw a fist, emptied a pistol or waxed soliloquy - these characters and their moments in the franchise were not only first-pumping, but defined their place in the series.
10. Seraph - Testing Neo
Let's kick this list off with some literal kicking!
There are a lot of nonsensical fight sequences in The Matrix Reloaded, and while the playground fight between Neo and 100 Smiths might be the most memorably pointless in the series, one of the most WTF! scenes comes just before this, when Neo goes to meet The Oracle. After finding her in a new location, he must first get past her bodyguard Seraph.
Before Neo can even register what's going on, he's having a scrappy one on one with Seraph and the fight is spectacularly choreographed. Considering Neo has now become The One and can fly and stop bullets, he has himself quite a challenge against Seraph - which only serves to embolden and tell us that Seraph is one of the best allies to have on side throughout the films.
Seraph's immediate attacking of Neo could have been seen as an incongruous moment in the film, but if you were to view his character as a program protecting The Oracle (who is also a program), it's logical to imagine Seraph as the manifestation of a computer Firewall. His fight with Neo is a knee-jerk response to a threat, and once he establishes that Neo is a "trusted program", he lets him through to see The Oracle.
Well, that's how I see it anyway.