Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.
Visual Effects
Bullet time changed cinema forever. Period.
Production
Hong Kong wire-work meets cyberpunk anime.
Costume
Those trench coats launched a thousand cosplays.
Director
Lana Wachowski
Keanu Reeves
Neo
Laurence Fishburne
Morpheus
Carrie-Anne Moss
Trinity
Hugo Weaving
Agent Smith
Gloria Foster
Oracle
Joe Pantoliano
Cypher
Marcus Chong
Tank
Julian Arahanga
Apoc
Matt Doran
Mouse
Belinda McClory
Switch
Anthony Ray Parker
Dozer
Paul Goddard
Agent Brown
Robert Taylor
Agent Jones
David Aston
Rhineheart
Marc Aden Gray
Choi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Wachowskis made the cast read Baudrillard's 'Simulacra and Simulation' — the hollowed-out book Neo hides his disks in.
This single film birthed 'red pill' as cultural shorthand, later hijacked by online movements the Wachowskis absolutely despise.
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