The Resistance builds in numbers as humans are freed from the Matrix and brought to the city of Zion. Neo discovers his superpowers, including the ability to see the code inside the Matrix. With machine sentinels digging to Zion in 72 hours, Neo, Morpheus and Trinity must find the Keymaker to ultimately reach the Source.
Stunts
The highway chase—real cars, real destruction, 100% practical chaos.
Visual Effects
Burly brawl: 100 Agent Smiths, one Neo, zero dignity for physics.
Writing
The Architect scene—pretentious, memed, somehow still compelling.
Director
Lana Wachowski
Keanu Reeves
Neo
Laurence Fishburne
Morpheus
Carrie-Anne Moss
Trinity
Hugo Weaving
Agent Smith
Jada Pinkett Smith
Niobe
Gloria Foster
The Oracle
Harold Perrineau
Link
Monica Bellucci
Persephone
Harry Lennix
Commander Lock
Lambert Wilson
The Merovingian
Randall Duk Kim
Keymaker
Nona Gaye
Zee
Anthony Zerbe
Councillor Hamann
Daniel Bernhardt
Agent Johnson
Helmut Bakaitis
The Architect
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The freeway chase was filmed on a decommissioned naval base in California; they built 1.5 miles of freeway from scratch because no existing highway would let them destroy it.
The rave scene was controversial even in 2003—some critics called it indulgent, others saw it as the Wachowskis celebrating the body and community the machines want to erase.
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