The Matrix Movie Review 1999

Visually wild ride (and rather complicated plot), courtesy of the brothers Wachowski. Mild-mannered computer programmer Thomas Anderson (Reeves) turns into hacker Neo by night. Neo thinks something is off about his world and he's right. Seems everything around him is just a computer-generated illusion, fostered by machines who use human beings as an electrical energy source. Neo is shown the truth by the mysterious Morpheus (Fishburne) and his renegade team, including capable and beautiful Trinity (Moss). Is Neo the chosen one, who'll make the world safe for humanity once again? Spectacular action sequences, a hissably evil villain (Weaving), a magisterial mentor, and a reluctant hero. What more could you ask for?

Distribution

Warner Home Video, Inc., 5775 Linder Canyon Rd., Westlake Village, CA 91362, URL: http://whv.warnerbros.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 136 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Sci Fi, Technology--Rampant, Computers, Post-Apocalypse, It's a Conspiracy, Man!, Virtual Reality, Top Grossing Films of 1999

Screenplay

Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski

Cast

Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Laurence "Larry" Fishburne, Joe Pantoliano, Hugo Weaving, Gloria Foster, Marcus Chong, Paul Goddard, Robert Taylor, Julian (Sonny) Arahanga, Matt Doran, Belinda McClory, Anthony Ray Parker

Cinematography

Bill Pope

Director

Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski

Music

Don Davis

Producer

Joel Silver, Barrie M. Osborne, Erwin Stoff, Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski, Village Roadshow Pictures, Silver Pictures, Groucho II Film Partnership, Warner Bros.

Awards

Oscars 1999: Film Editing, Sound, Visual FX; British Acad. 1999: Sound, Visual FX; MTV Movie Awards 2000: Film, Male Perf. (Reeves), Fight (Keanu Reeves/Laurence Fishburne).