The Matrix (1999)

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Written by Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski

Directed by Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski

Running Time: 136 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1999

Rating: 15 Certificate

Filmed in Colour

By day Thomas Anderson (Keanu Reeves, pictured) is a solid citizen, a software developer for a respectable firm. By night he's a legendary computer hacker, known only as Neo. To Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne), Neo is the answer. The rebels' secret weapon against the sinister machines who control humanity, using a computerised reality called The Matrix. Neo doesn't have a clue what's going on. But he doesn't have long to decide, with dead-eyed nemesis Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving) close behind: "You're a plague and we are the cure." Helping Neo along the way is Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss, pictured).

Released within weeks of Star Wars: Episode I, The Matrix was a sci-fi revelation - a futuristic, fully-armed actioner with an apocalyptic plotline, bad-ass rebels and an unstoppable villain. The Wachowski brothers fuse cyberpunk comics with Japanese Anime, groundbreaking special effects and stripped-to-the-bone performances from the likes of Fishburne, Weaving and Reeves. But as the film's tagline says: "No-one can be told what the Matrix is. You have to see it for yourself."

Cast

Image for Keanu ReevesKeanu ReevesThomas A. Anderson/Neo
Image for Laurence FishburneLaurence FishburneMorpheus
Image for Carrie-Anne MossCarrie-Anne MossTrinity
Image for Hugo WeavingHugo WeavingAgent Smith
Gloria FosterOracle
Joe PantolianoCypher/Mr. Reagan
Marcus ChongTank
Julian ArahangaApoc
Matt DoranMouse
Belinda McClorySwitch
Anthony Ray ParkerDozer
Paul GoddardAgent Brown
Robert TaylorAgent Jones
David AstonRhineheart
Marc AdenChoi

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