The Matrix

Name: The Matrix
Released: 1999-3-31
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Laurence Fishburne, Hugo Weaving, Joe Pantoliano

The Matrix

R
2h 15m
1999

88%

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Have you ever had a dream that you were so sure was real? What if you couldn't awaken? How would you know the difference between dream and reality? When a beautiful stranger (Carrie Ann Moss) leads computer hacker Neo (Keanu Reeves) to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence. Neo joins legendary and dangerous rebel warrior Morpheus (Lawrence Fishburne) in the battle to destroy the illusion enslaving humanity. Now, every move, every second, every thought becomes a fight to stay alive--to escape The Matrix.

Director:

Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski

Producer:

Bruce Berman, Joel Silver, Barrie M. Osborne, Andrew Mason, Erwin Stoff, Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski

Writer:

Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski

Cast:

Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Laurence Fishburne, Hugo Weaving, Joe Pantoliano

Extras

Behind THE MATRIX

Follow the White Rabbit

Take the Red Pill

Trailers

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

88%

Critics Consensus: Thanks to the Wachowskis' imaginative vision, The Matrix is a smartly crafted combination of spectacular action and groundbreaking special effects.

Reviews

Deep Focus Review

Brian Eggert

By remaining so accessible yet thoughtful, The Matrix transcends its narrative downfalls through its influence and insight—characteristics that continue to define the Wachowskis' unique brand of ambitious entertainment.

The Matrix does a good job of repackaging Baudrillard’s critique of hyperreality, as well as riffing on Christ, Marx, Lewis Carroll, and L. Frank Baum.

A cinematic landscape without The Matrix would be as barren as the scorched earth above Zion.

The Wachowski sisters tackle the most gigantic questions known to humanity-reality, identity, knowledge, causality, memory-with a spirit of play.

December 31, 2021

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