This is a review of the original philosophic, science-fiction, action movie "The Matrix" which opened in 1999 and has blown the minds of movie enthusiasts ever since. The plot involves Neo (Keanu Reeves) a mild mannered computer programmer who hates his job, apartment and his life. But their is another side to Neo. He is also a brilliant hacker wanted for almost every computer crime. As fate would have it Neo discovers something terrible. The world he knows, the world he has grown up in and come to accept has all been fake. An artificial representation of how the world used to be. The real world has been taken over by super-intelligent machines which harvest human beings like crops. The entire population is kept in a sub-conscience, dream-like state "jacked in" to a system known as "The Matrix" to keep the populace under complete control.
The Matrix Roger Ebert explains "uses flawlessly integrated special effects and animation to visualize regions of cyberspace. It creates fearsome creatures, including mechanical octopi. It morphs bodies with the abandon of "Terminator II." It uses f/x to allow Neo to run horizontally on walls, and hang in the air long enough to deliver karate kicks. It has leaps through space, thrilling sequences involving fights on rooftops, helicopter rescues and battles over mind control."
A great movie, a slightly unconventional review by Roger Ebert but a professional and insightful analysis nonetheless.
Roger Ebert reviews The Matrix
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