Production Year: 1998 - Action/Adventure - Director: The Wachowski Brothers - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring:Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Joe Pantoliano, Gloria Foster, Marcus Chong more
Mind-expanding milestone of an action movie that features hacker "Neo" (Keanu 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 nerdiness actually serves the story instead of defeating it. A staple.
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