Advantages: It might just be the best film ever made! Disadvantages: Two words; Reloaded, Revolutions
The Matrix; a truly enigmatic film. It manages to grab the audience's attention, hold it for half an hour, then spin it on end and reinvent the conventions of viewing a film. Every piece of narrative leaves you hanging, giving up nothing for the sake of being understood and philosophising the very nature of the universe as we know it, leaving many questioning the boundaries of our reality. Reality is a hoax, a holding cell for the minds of billions ... ...to saving the everyone from eternal imprisonment by machines. These machines once co-existed with humans but waged a war and almost won, if it weren't for the enlightened few (thousand) who live in the last human city; Zion. The plot follows Neo on his journey out of the Matrix and into the 'real' world, discovering the true nature of the mind, coming face to face with his program opposite (Hugo Weaving) and realising he is the messiah whom they ...
starwars4life 12.04.2009
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: not helpful Review of The Matrix (DVD)
Advantages: AMAZING SPECIAL EFFECTS Disadvantages: too much violence??? maybe
...Reeves) discovering unsettling things about the nature of his world. More than that would be criminal to reveal if you haven't yet seen it. Surreal, genre-transcending excitement with FX that broke the mold: the "bullet time" sequence is already legend. Excellent cast, too: Fishburne is appropriately sagelike and stony; Hugo Weaving as "Agent Smith" is the best villain we've seen in a long time. Even Keanu comes out on top, if only because his core ...
Sniper5 21.06.2000
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Perception: The Everyday World is Real. Reality: That World is a hoax an elaborate ... more
deception spun by all-powerful machines of artificial intelligence that control us. Mind blowing stunts. Techno-slamming visuals. Megakick action. Keanu Reeves and Lau...
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Set in a visually stunning futuristic world, 'The Matrix' is an explosive action thriller ... more
that explores the notion that everything we believe to be real is actually a computerised virtual world.When Neo (Keanu Reeves) learns the disturbing truth, every...
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