Well, they went even further during the film shoots: https://www.indiewire.com/2021/11/keanu-reeves-matrix-4-rehearsals-1234682345/ https://www.indiewire.com/2

Well, they went even further during the film shoots: https://www.indiewire.com/2021/11/keanu-reeves-matrix-4-rehearsals-1234682345/ https://www.indiewire.com/2021/11/keanu-reeves-matrix-4-rehe... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbXSLzrs38Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbXSLzrs38Y https://www.reddit.com/r/matrix/comments/rqh76p/the_matrix_4_was_shot_without_any_proper/ https://www.reddit.com/r/matrix/comments/rqh76p/the_matrix_4... That aside, I do think the pandemic likely messed a whole lot of the production, which explains how the action got so lackluster.