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Why did Mr. Anderson keep fighting the Smiths?

Science Fiction & Fantasy Asked on March 9, 2021

Possible Matrix Reloaded spoilers.

After the oracle and Seraph left Mr. Anderson on the square, he is approached by (former) agent Smith who introduced himself to Mr. Anderson again, explaining what happened with more Smiths arriving and eventually trying to assimilate Mr. Anderson, taking from him what he wanted to take from Smith: Purpose. Mr. Anderson resisted the assimilation and started fight the many Smiths. My question is why Mr. Anderson started (and kept) fighting the Smiths in the first place? It was impossible for him to intrude into every Smith to destroy them from within (but he didn’t seem to try that anyway); why didn’t he just fly away immediately after resisting the assimilation? What was Mr. Anderson’s goal in fighting the many Smiths? Eventually the Smiths almost overpowered Mr. Anderson again, telling him It is inevitable! It was following this that Mr. Anderson finally fled.

Did the filmmakers just wanted to include some good action scene even though it’s a senseless fight from Mr. Anderson’s point? Unlike the 1st and 3rd Matrix movie, the Matrix Reloaded doesn’t seem to take itself quite serious at certain scenes to be honest.

One Answer

The scene isn't really a waste. Yes, it's an action scene in a movie known for action scenes, but there's some important things the scene establishes

  1. Smith is now able to assimilate... well, everything.
  2. Neo can't beat Smith as he is. He can defeat one Smith easily. Ten or so is doable. But Smith has dozens of himself by now.
  3. We see Neo is able to resist assimilation by force of will (much to Smith's shock)

So why does Neo stay and fight some more? Because Neo has been able to win solely by strength of will up until now, and Neo seems to think he can just power his way through it, only to face an overwhelming number of Smiths. We need to see Neo lose this fight for the sake of story tension, because Neo is virtually god-like.

We also see that #3 is important when

Answered by Machavity on March 9, 2021

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