The Matrix
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Introduction
The Matrix is a 1999 phantasy action film written and
directed by The Wachowskis[a] and leading Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne,
Carrie-Anne nonvascular plant, Victor-Marie Hugo Weaving, and Joe Pantoliano.
It depicts a dystopian future in which humanity is unknowingly cornered inside
a simulated reality called the Matrix, created by thought-capable machines
(artificial beings)[b] to control humans while victimization their bodies as an
energy source. Hacker and computer programmer Neo learns this truth and
"is drawn into a rebellion against the machines", which involves
other people who have been freed from the Matrix.
The film is an example of the cyberpunk subgenre.The
Wachowskis' approach to action scenes drew upon their admiration for Japanese
animation and martial arts films, and the film's use of fight choreographers
and wire fu techniques from Hong Kong action cinema influenced subsequent
Hollywood action film productions. The Matrix is thought for popularizing a
visual result called "bullet time", throughout that the heightened
perception of certain characters is pictured by allowing the action inside a
shot to progress in slow-motion while the camera's viewpoint appears to move
through the scene at normal speed. The film contains varied allusions to
philosophical and religious concepts, as well as philosophical doctrine,
Marxism, feminism, Buddhism, nihilism, and postmodernism. While some critics
have praised the film for its handling of difficult subjects, others
characterize the film's themes as being for the most part overshadowed by its
action scenes.
The Matrix was first released in the United States on March
31, 1999 and grossed over $460 million worldwide. It was well-received by many
critics and won four Academy Awards, also as different accolades, as well as
BAFTA Awards and Saturn Awards. The Matrix was praised for its innovative
visual effects, motion-picture photography and diversion price. The film has
since appeared in lists of the greatest phantasy films,and, in 2012, was added
to the National Film written record for preservation. The success of the film
LED to the release of two feature sequels, both written and directed by the
Wachowskis: The Matrix Reloaded and also the Matrix Revolutions, both of which
were released in 2003. The Matrix franchise was more dilated through the
production of comic books, video games and animated short films, in which the
Wachowskis were heavily involved, and even inspired books and theories on ideas
in religion and philosophy.
Computer programmer Thomas Anderson, living a double life as
the hacker "Neo", feels something is wrong with the world and is
puzzled by repeated online encounters with the cryptic phrase "the
Matrix". A woman called Trinity contacts him, saying that a man named god
can make a case for its meaning; however, the Agents, LED by Agent Smith,
apprehend neo and plan to threaten him into helping them capture the
"terrorist" deity. Undeterred, neo later meets god, who offers him a
choice between a red pill that will show him the truth about the Matrix, and a
blue pill that will return him to his former life. After swallowing the red
pill, his reality disintegrates and neo awakens, naked, weak and hairless, in a
liquid-filled pod, among countless others connected by cables to an elaborate electrical
system. He is saved and brought aboard Morpheus' hovercraft, the
Nebuchadnezzar.
As neo recuperates, god explains the truth: in the 21st
century, intelligent machines (robots) waged war against their human creators.
When humans blocked the machines' access to solar energy, the machines
retaliated by harvesting the humans' bioelectric power. The Matrix may be a
shared simulation of the world as it was at the end of the 20th century, where
the harvested humans' minds are pacified while their bodies are contained in
pods. All free humans board Zion, the last refuge in the real world. Morpheus
and his crew are a group of rebels WHO hack into the Matrix to
"unplug" bond humans and recruit them. Their understanding of the
simulated reality enables them to bend its physical laws, granting them
powerful skills.[further clarification needed] god warns neo that death within
the Matrix conjointly kills the shape, and that the Agents are powerful
computer programs that eliminate threats to the system.
The group enters the Matrix to visit the Oracle, AN
omniscient prophet WHO foreseen the emergence of the One. She implies that Neo
is not the One and warns Neo that he will have to choose between Morpheus' life
and his own. Before they can leave the Matrix, the group is ambushed by Agents
and tactical police alerted by Cypher, a discontented crewman WHO betrayed god
to Smith in exchange for a comfortable life back in the Matrix. Morpheus allows
himself to be captured so Neo and the rest of the crew can escape. Cypher exits
the Matrix and murders several crew members as they lie defenseless in the
world. As he prepares to disconnect neo and Trinity, Tank, a crewman whom he
had left for dead, kills him.
In the Matrix, the Agents interrogate Morpheus to learn his
access codes to the mainframe computer in Zion. Tank proposes killing Morpheus
to prevent this, but Neo, believing that he is not the One, decides himself
worth sacrificing if need be to rescue Morpheus; Trinity insists she accompany
him. While rescuing morpheus, neo gains confidence in his skills, performing
feats comparable to the Agents'. Morpheus and Trinity exit the Matrix, but
Smith ambushes and kills Neo before he can leave. In the world, machines called
Sentinels attack the Nebuchadnezzar. Trinity whispers to Neo that he can't be
dead because she loves him and the Oracle told her that she would fall in love
with the One. She kisses neo and he revives with the ability to perceive and
control the Matrix. He effortlessly defeats Smith and leaves the Matrix just as
the ship's magnetic attraction pulse weapon disables the attacking Sentinels.
Later, neo makes a call inside the Matrix, promising the
machines that he will show their prisoners "a world wherever something is
possible". He hangs up and flies into the sky.
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