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The Matrix

  • 8.7 /10

  • 26957

  • 83%

Plot

Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.

Cast

Keanu Reeves as Neo
Keanu Reeves

as Neo

Laurence Fishburne as Morpheus
Laurence Fishburne

as Morpheus

Carrie-Anne Moss as Trinity
Carrie-Anne Moss

as Trinity

Hugo Weaving as Agent Smith
Hugo Weaving

as Agent Smith

Gloria Foster as Oracle
Gloria Foster

as Oracle

Joe Pantoliano as Cypher
Joe Pantoliano

as Cypher

Marcus Chong as Tank
Marcus Chong

as Tank

Julian Arahanga as Apoc
Matt Doran as Mouse
Matt Doran

as Mouse

Belinda McClory as Switch
Belinda McClory

as Switch

Movie Facts

Rated

  • R

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • March 31, 1999

Production Companies

  • Village Roadshow Pictures

  • Groucho II Film Partnership

  • Silver Pictures

  • Warner Bros. Pictures

Production Countries

  • United States of America

Spoken Language

  • English

Budget

  • $63,000,000.00

Revenue

  • $463,517,383.00

Runtime

  • 2.27 hrs

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The Martix is a great example of a movie that will live for ever or a very log time. The story and concept are out of this world. Keanu Reeves plays his role with utter brilliance, the cast was very well put together and the graphics are still to this day amazing. All in all one of the best movies of all time.

Get this: what if all we know as reality was, in fact, virtual reality? Reality itself is a ravaged dystopia run by technocrat Artificial Intelligence where humankind vegetates in billions of gloop-filled tanks - mere battery packs for the machineworld - being fed this late '90s VR (known as The Matrix - you with us here?) through an ugly great cable stuck in the back of our heads. And what if th…

It was around 2001 that I first watched this film and recently giving it another go, ever since, doesn't change the fact for me that this movie is an timeless piece of filmaking. From the characters to the striking and thought-provoking story, it basically has everything to make an action film a 10/10 in a book.

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