The Matrix

1999 • 136 minutes

About this movie

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.

Ratings and reviews

Watched this movie as a kid, feel enlightened when I watch it again as a young adult. Matrix is not only a good action movie, it explores deep into the very concept of reality and consciousness, and Descartes's famous skepticism might the inspiration of this series. Neo, or Thomas Anderson, as the main character who finds himself living in the world of digits and programs, wakes up in the midst of a dystonian reality in which people like him are living in their minds but as slaves for machines. Like many other Hollywood films, Neo is portraited as the person of destiny, which is the key for miraculous moments in the film: the unique one can accomplish whatever he wants as long as he takes a leap of faith. The ending, where Neo is resurrected by a romantic kiss, does not make any sense and ruins the beauty supposed to have in this sci-fi film. Overall, this film is to be listed as one of the classics and be seen as a milestone of fiction movies

The matrix is a awesome film and you know the slow motion sometimes when they fight well that was so popular that many other films do it now even cartoons and shows do it and nice action really a dig it dude and the characters well👎🏿👎🏿im sorry but the characters suck (that's just my opinion) and nice plot

I hate the black bars in movies, all the 5 movies i bought here has option to get fullscreen with no black bars. Why is this movie widescreen only? They need to put in description if movie is widescreen only or not. Is that to much to ask? If i knew it was widescreen only, i NEVER would of bought movie. Google geniuses didnt see this detail thats missing? They give all the other info like cc and crap, but leave out the most important thing, if movie is widescreen or fullscreen or both.