A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against its controllers.... (Full plot summary below)
A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against its controllers.
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Sci-Fi Movie PageJames O'EhleyAn exercise in sheer and unadulterated coolness. |
Montreal Film JournalKevin N. LaforestIf there has to be a quintessential film for the end of the millennium, this is it. |
3BlackChicks ReviewKamal 'The Diva' LarsuelI must be in The Matrix because "the brotha" rule was broken! |
San Diego Union-TribuneArthur SalmWherever they tell their story they tell it too long and too loud. |
Empire MagazineIan NathanThe deliciously inventive Wachowskis have delivered the syntax for a new kind of movie: technically mind-blowing, style merged perfectly with content and just so damn cool. |
BBC.comNev PierceAlmost untenably cool, but beneath the sheen there's substance. |
Greg's Previews at Yahoo! MoviesGreg Dean SchmitzThe Matrix does indeed have a plot and sense of "mythos" that grounds it and makes it more than the sum of all of its special effects wizardry. |
Cinemaphile.orgDavid KeyesA movie so visually enthralling, so exciting and so elaborate that it deserves nothing short of universal acclaim. It's lavish, fascinating, beautiful, magnificently written, well directed, and effectively executed in every way. |
Denver PostSteven RosenThe Matrix not only is a failure as a science-fiction movie -- long on explanation, short on inspiration -- but it doesn't do anything interesting with the futuristic vision that it takes forever to explain. |
TheMovieReport.comMichael DequinaA feat of alchemy, blending modest parts into a stunning whole that really has no business working as brilliantly as it does. |