| The Matrix |
| Directed By: Larry and Andy Wachowski Starring: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, and Joe Pantenliano. ****In 1999 The Matrix opened to okay reviews by the critics. Written and Directed by brothers Larry and Andy Wachowski the film went on to become the best action pic of the year and an instant cult and pop culture hit. The film set in modern day asks the question. What if this place we live in isn't real and that what we live in is all just a computer program. And that the real real world is a hell like no other run by machines. Where humans fear these machines and live underground. Visually wild ride (and rather complicated plot), courtesy of brothers Andy and Larry. Mild mannered Computer Programmer Thomas Anderson (Reeves) turns into hacker Neo by night. Neo thinks something about his world is.... OFF. Well he is right. his world is a computer generated illusion, fostered by machines who use humans as an energy source. Neo is shown the truth by the mysterious Morpheous (Fishburne) and his renegade team, including capable but beautiful Trinity (Moss). Is Neo the ONE, will the world be safe for humans once again? Spectacular action sequences, a hissably evil villian (Weaving), a magisterial mentor, and a reluctant hero. What else could you ask for? |