from Warner Bros.
Directed by
Andy Wachowski
Larry Wachowski
Starring
Keanu Reeves (Thomas "Neo" Anderson)
Laurence Fishburne (Morpheus)
Carrie-Anne Moss (Trinity)
Hugo Weaving (Agent Smith)
Joe Pantoliano (Cypher)
Julian Arahanga (Apoc)
Marcus Chong (Tank)
Matt Doran (Mouse)
Paul Goddard (Agent Brown)
Belinda McClory (Switch)
Robert Taylor (Agent Jones)
Gloria Foster (Oracle)
Written by
Andy Wachowski
Larry Wachowski |
The Matrix
Rated R (for sci-fi violence and brief language)
135 minutes
 Sitting through this movie
I had the feeling I was watching something special. It is so
nice to find a movie that feels like you have been given a gift
that you weren't expecting and "The Matrix" was that
for me. Maybe I don't get out much but this movie just blew me
away. It is very tough to describe this movie without giving
away some of the fun of discovery, so if you don't want to potentially
spoil some of the movie for you, read no further.
Keanu Reeves plays Thomas Anderson, a 9-to-5 white collar
software designer by day, the kind of job where your boss yells
at you for coming in late and you have to politely reply "yes
sir" to his berating. But at night, Anderson lives as Neo,
a computer hacker who sells his gift for profit. Until a mysterious
phone call warns him that he is about to be caught. What follows
is a mind-bending and thought-provoking rocket ride between what
is reality and what isn't. The mysterious phone caller is Morpheus
(Laurence Fishburne), a rebel from the real world who drafts
Neo into the fight against the machines who keep us captive.
Among the rebels is Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss), a beautiful and
strong not-to-be-messed-with warrior who doesn't believe Neo
is the savior that Morpheus thinks he is. They are chased by
slow-talking but super fast moving Agents who can jump from body
to body at will and who seek to stop the rebels before they can
break the hold that the machines have on reality.
This movie is like a cross between "The
X-Files", the Star
Trek's Borg, and "Logan's Run".
Its basic premise is that the human existence on this earth is
a tenuous one and humans are really no more than "viruses
on the earth" for other beings to exploit at will. There
is some very thought provoking dialogue in this movie, an action
movie with food for thought. Now there is a strange combination.
I'm hoping for a "Matrix 2"?
Trina Ernst
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