"Matrix" (1993) TV series

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Creator:

Grenville Case
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Seasons:

1

Release Date:

1 March 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Fantasy | Drama

Plot:

Steven Matrix is one of the underworld's foremost hitmen until his luck runs out, and someone puts a contract out on him...

Plot Keywords:

Hitman

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Nick Mancuso	...	Steven Matrix (13 episodes, 1993)
Phillip Jarrett	...	Billy Hicks (13 episodes, 1993)
Carrie-Anne Moss	...	Liz Teel (13 episodes, 1993)
John Vernon	...	Narrator (13 episodes, 1993)

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Series Directed by
Jorge Montesi		(3 episodes, 1993)
Allan Eastman		(unknown episodes)
Eleanor Lindo		(unknown episodes)
Alan Simmonds		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
Carl Binder		(1 episode, 1993)
George Geiger		(1 episode, 1993)
Sanjay Mehta		(1 episode, 1993)
Aubrey Solomon		(1 episode, 1993)
Grenville Case		(unknown episodes)
Rob Gilmer		(unknown episodes)
Gail Morgan Hickman		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
George Geiger	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Rob Gilmer	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Steve Levitan	....	executive producer (unknown episodes)
Paul Saltzman	....	executive producer (unknown episodes)

Series Cinematography by
Manfred Guthe		(unknown episodes)

Series Art Direction by
Rocco Matteo		(unknown episodes)

Series Set Decoration by
Fiona Andrew		(unknown episodes)

Series Costume Design by
Marie-Sylvie Deveau		(unknown episodes)

Series Makeup Department
Judy Murdock	....	makeup artist (unknown episodes)
Maxine Rennes-Gunderson	....	hair stylist (unknown episodes)

Series Production Management
Adam J. Shully	....	production manager (unknown episodes)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Marek Posival	....	second assistant director (unknown episodes)
Frank Siracusa	....	first assistant director (unknown episodes)
Bruce Speyer	....	first assistant director (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Paula Deresti	....	lead set dresser (unknown episodes)
Doug Harlocker	....	property master (unknown episodes)
David Maltese	....	set dressing buyer (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Michael Baskerville	....	sound re-recording mixer (13 episodes, 1993)
Ao Loo	....	sound (unknown episodes)
Paul McGlashan	....	boom operator (unknown episodes)

Series Special Effects by
Tim Good	....	special effects foreman (unknown episodes)

Series Stunts
Roy T. Anderson	....	stunt double (unknown episodes)
Randy Butcher	....	stunt double: Nick Mancuso (unknown episodes)
Steve Lucescu	....	stunt rigger / stunts (unknown episodes)
Larry A. McLean	....	stunt coordinator (unknown episodes)
Branko Racki	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
John Stoneham Jr.	....	stunt performer (unknown episodes)
Tye Tyukodi	....	stunts (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Andy Chmura	....	camera operator (unknown episodes)

Series Casting Department
Greg Orson	....	casting associate (unknown episodes)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Susan MacLeod	....	wardrobe set supervisor (unknown episodes)

Series Music Department
Michael Baskerville	....	score mixer (13 episodes, 1993)

Series Other crew
John 'Frenchie' Berger	....	armorer (unknown episodes)
Marie Thérése Boily	....	script supervisor (unknown episodes)
Stacey Bradley	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Karen Hawes	....	location manager (unknown episodes)
Gail Morgan Hickman	....	creative consultant (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Sunrise Films

Distributors

• RTV (1995) (Estonia) (TV)

Special Effects

• Gajdecki Visual Effects (GVFX)

Runtime:

USA:60 min (13 episodes)

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Sunrise Films

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in That 70's Matrix (2001)

Soundtrack:

Bad Blood

Rip-off of "Equalizer" episode

I thought this show was quite good for a forgettable Canadian-made/Foreign-sold tv show, but I was surprised to hear the show's premise word for word on an episode of the US show "The Equalizer". In the episode called "Trial By Fire" Robert McCall (Edward Woodward) is hired by a New York school to rid it off gang violence. He takes them to the city morgue to scare them straight and at the morgue he introduces them to a former hitman who had his own near death experience. The hitman's monologue (standing by an ocean of fire, surrounded by all the people he killed, watching God walk past him) is exactly what happens in the pilot episode of "Matrix". Did one of the crew work on both shows or did they just steal the idea?