The Matrix (1999)

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Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Rating: R
Release Date: Mar 31, 1999
Running Time: 136 mins. (V)
Country Of Origin: United States
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In the near future, a computer hacker named Neo discovers that all life on Earth may be nothing more than an elaborate facade created by a malevolent cyber-intelligence, for the purpose of placating us while our life essence is "farmed" to fuel the Matrix's campaign of domination in the "real" world. He joins like-minded Rebel warriors Morpheus and Trinity in their struggle to overthrow the Matrix.
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By Kenneth Turan, Times Film Critic

Wednesday March 31, 1999

''Imagine you're feeling a little like Alice, tumbling down the

rabbit hole,'' someone says in the dazzling and disorienting ''The Matrix,'' and who has the strength to argue?

A wildly cinematic futuristic thriller that is determined to overpower

the imagination, ''The Matrix'' combines traditional science-fiction

premises with spanking new visual technology in a way that almost defies description. Like it or not, this is one movie… Continued

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April 18, 2001
A futuristic kung-fu fantasy with terrific stunts and a stunted script Keanu Reeves plays Neo, a computer hacker who thinks he's living in the twentieth century but is really a pawn in a giant virtual-reality game controlled by twenty-second-century programmers. Dude! Damned if I can explain more about this muddled mind-bender, except to say that Neo is recruited by Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) to join her leader, Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne), in a rebellion against those who would enslave them.… Continued