Opinion: How 'The Matrix Resurrections' evolved from an old folktale

As the highly anticipated 'The Matrix Resurrections' arrives this week, Roy Schwartz details how folklore seems to be one of the franchises little known influences | Opinion

Roy Schwartz is the author of the new book "Is Superman Circumcised? The Complete Jewish History of the World's Greatest Hero." Follow him on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook and at royschwartz.com. The views expressed here are his own. View more opinion at CNN.

The highly anticipated "The Matrix Resurrections" arrives this week as the somewhat unexpected fourth film in the trilogy, which began in 1999 with"The Matrix." That movie became a true cultural phenomenon and a watershed in sci-fi storytelling and visual effects, redefining Hollywood blockbusters for the 21st century.

Roy SchwartzTo refresh your memory, the"Matrix" movies take place in an artificial reality, where cool stuff happens like"bullet time" slow-motion gunfights and gravity-defying kung fu. But that's not what the films --"The Matrix," followed in 2003 by"The Matrix Reloaded" and"The Matrix Revolutions" -- are actually about.

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