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The Matrix (1999) 8.7
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Metascore: 73/100
Reviews: 3,393 user | 287 critic | 35 from Metacritic.com A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against its controllers. |
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Cast
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| Laurence Fishburne | ... | ||
| Carrie-Anne Moss | ... | ||
| Hugo Weaving | ... | ||
| Gloria Foster | ... | ||
| Joe Pantoliano | ... | ||
| Marcus Chong | ... | ||
| Julian Arahanga | ... | ||
| Matt Doran | ... | ||
| Belinda McClory | ... | ||
| Anthony Ray Parker | ... | ||
| Paul Goddard | ... | ||
| Robert Taylor | ... | ||
| David Aston | ... | ||
| Marc Aden Gray | ... |
Choi
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Storyline
Thomas A. Anderson is a man living two lives. By day he is an average computer programmer and by night a hacker known as Neo. Neo has always questioned his reality, but the truth is far beyond his imagination. Neo finds himself targeted by the police when he is contacted by Morpheus, a legendary computer hacker branded a terrorist by the government. Morpheus awakens Neo to the real world, a ravaged wasteland where most of humanity have been captured by a race of machines that live off of the humans' body heat and electrochemical energy and who imprison their minds within an artificial reality known as the Matrix. As a rebel against the machines, Neo must return to the Matrix and confront the agents: super-powerful computer programs devoted to snuffing out Neo and the entire human rebellion. Written by redcommander27
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Welcome to the Real World See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for sci-fi violence and brief language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
31 March 1999 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Matrix See more »Box Office
Budget:
$63,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$646,184 (Germany) (23 May 2003)Gross:
$646,184 (Germany) (23 May 2003)Company Credits
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2.35 : 1
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[phone rings]
Cypher: Yeah.
Trinity: Is everything in place?
Cypher: You weren't supposed to relieve me.
Trinity: I know, but I felt like taking a shift.
Cypher: You like him, don't you? You like watching him.
Trinity: Don't be ridiculous.
Cypher: We're gonna kill him. You understand that?
Trinity: Morpheus believes he is the one.
[...]
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Written by Simon Shackleton and Howard Saunders
Performed by Lunatic Calm
Courtesy of Universal Music (UK) LTD.
Under License from Universal Special Markets
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Did You Know?
Trivia
Warner's gave the green light to the movie fairly late during preproduction. For a long time artists working on preproduction were not sure whether the film was ever going to be made. See more »Goofs
Morpheus specifies the human body generates 25,000 BTUs of body heat. The human body is constantly outputting heat into the environment so he should specify the rate of energy transfer rather than a total amount of energy being transferred. Or he should specify how much time it takes for a human body to output 25,000 BTUs in order for any claims, regarding how much energy is extracted from humans, to be meaningful. See more »Quotes
[first lines][phone rings]
Cypher: Yeah.
Trinity: Is everything in place?
Cypher: You weren't supposed to relieve me.
Trinity: I know, but I felt like taking a shift.
Cypher: You like him, don't you? You like watching him.
Trinity: Don't be ridiculous.
Cypher: We're gonna kill him. You understand that?
Trinity: Morpheus believes he is the one.
[...]
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Crazy Credits
The opening Warner Bros. logo is green on a gray sky, and the opening Village Roadshow logo is green. See more »Soundtracks
"Leave You Far Behind (Lunatics Roller Coaster Mix)"Written by Simon Shackleton and Howard Saunders
Performed by Lunatic Calm
Courtesy of Universal Music (UK) LTD.
Under License from Universal Special Markets
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The Wachowski Brothers vision of a possible future takes the visual and sound aspects of filmmaking to a new high. Incorporating older still photography with computer enhancement to the degree that appears on the screen has raised the genre to a level that will be very hard-pressed by filmmakers for a number of years. Acting was wonderful, script, visual, sound, everything about this film is a tribute to a usually overlooked genre.