Originally posted by chilled monkey
No it isn't. It's common sense.Morpheus's fight with Smith happened in a confined space where Morpheus had no room to maneuvre. Smith, smart fighter that he is, capitalised on this to the full by staying close to Morpheus.
The fight with Agent Johnson happened on a truck where Morpheus had considerably more room to move about. Plus, while the Upgrades were stronger/faster than original Agents they were also stupider. Johnson kept knocking Morpheus away, giving him time to clear his wits, rather than staying close.
That is why Morpheus was able to hold his own against Agent Johnson. The location of the fight was different. The first location favoured Smith, the second favoured Morpheus. Plus, Smith was smarter and fought sensibly while Johnson didn't.
That is the complete opposite of PIS.
You know, i just want to take this opportunity to address a huge inconsistency in the Matrix movies. Although you're right, the problem with the Matrix movies is how Trinity and Morpheus were able to take down agents in Reloaded and Revolutions. Although, they were never actually able to kill an Agent. We were led to believe from the first movie that no one was even able to stand up against an Agent. This is what made Morpheus' fight against the Agent in the first Matrix such an impactful event. We see that Morpheus is their leader for a reason. I always assumed that Neo tutored them in between movies which is how they were able to be so successful against the Agents in Reloaded and Revolutions 😂 Maybe i'm the only one who wondered this but it always got on my nerves a bit that it was never even addressed.