The Matrix
The Matrix is a science-fiction/action film that was released on March 31, 1999 in the United States. The film was written by Larry and Andy Wachowski also known as "The Wachowskis" or "The Wachowski Brothers". The film centers around a computer hacker named Neo who learns that the fate of the world rests on his shoulders when a group of rebels reveal the true nature of reality to him. This reality being a world where machines with artificial intelligence create a facade that looks like the reality most humans see in an attempt to keep humans satisfied while they are grown and used as a source of energy.
Plot
Thomas Anderson is a computer programmer who spends his nights making money on the side by computer hacking. Neo meets a woman named Trinity at a night club who tells him that she can introduce him to Morpheus,and that he can help Neo understand the meaning of The Matrix. Up until this point Neo had just been getting cryptic messages on his computer about The Matrix but he did not understand what they meant. Neo is apprehended by three men who arrest him and try to stop him from getting in touch with Morpheus. They implant a literal bug in Neo and he wakes up thinking that he had just had a bad dream. Trinity then shows up again to take Neo to see Morpheus but first destroys the bug that the three men, called Agents implanted in Neo, this is when Neo realizes that everything that has happened up to this point has been real and not just a dream. Neo is taken to Morpheus who then proceeds to tell him the truth about The Matrix. He explains that 1999 is not the actual year and it is in fact closer to the year 2199, he also explains how The Matrix is an artificial intelligence program that humans are connected to which makes them see a reality that is completely different from the actual one where free humans live underground in fear of the machines that try and use humans as an energy source.
Cast
- Keanu Reeves (Thomas Anderson/Neo)
- Carrie-Ann Moss (Trinity)
- Laurence Fishburne (Morpheus)
- Hugo Weaving (Agent Smith)
- Joe Pantoliano (Cypher)
- Marcus Chong (Tank)
- Anthony Ray Parker (Dozer)
- Gloria Foster (The Oracle)
- Matt Doran (Mouse)
- Julian Arahanga (Apoc)
- Belinda McClory (Switch)
- Paul Goddard (Agent Brown)
- Robert Taylor (Agent Jones)
