Laurence Fishburne’s New Movie Wastes Him More Than Matrix 4
Warning! SPOILERS for All the Old Knives.
Laurence Fishburne stars in All the Old Knives as the head CIA operative, though his presence ends up being even more wasted than it was in The Matrix Resurrections. Following his acclaimed role in the original Matrix trilogy as Morpheus, Fishburne was recruited to star in numerous action and thriller movies, with All of the Old Knives being his latest spy venture. While the movie was inevitably promoted with Fishburne as an important figure, All the Old Knives ends up falling into a recent trap of teasing his role without any satisfying payoff.
The Matrix 4 brought back plenty of the original actors to reprise their roles as Neo, Trinity, and Niobe, with a few characters being portrayed by new actors. While Laurence Fishburne’s iconic Morpheus and Hugo Weaving’s acclaimed Agent Smith were played by new actors, the original actors’ history in the roles was still teased to have an important impact on The Matrix Resurrections’ plot. As an operative-like film that brought Fishburne to action hero prominence, it was disappointing to see that the actor’s only presence in The Matrix 4 was through archived footage and a statue of his likeness.
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Since Fishburne’s lack of a role in The Matrix 4 left audiences without a significant action-packed performance by the actor in late 2021, All the Old Knives presented an opportunity to bring him back with a Morpheus-like quality in a CIA thriller. However, as disappointing as it was to find out that Fishburne would only return in The Matrix 4 in archived footage, All the Old Knives underdelivered even worse on the actor’s role. While audiences had hoped for a Fishburne
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