The Matrix
DOWN &
DIRTY:
Sci-fi: A man discovers that his
life has been nothing but a
programmed illusion, and sets out
to defeat the forces responsible.
NITTY GRITTY:
Neo (KEANU REEVES) is a computer
programmer by day and illegal
hacker by night. He's recently
been contacted by a mysterious
woman named Trinity (CARRIE-ANNE
MOSS) who informs him of
something called "The
Matrix," a mysterious entity
of which he's vaguely familiar.
That leads to her near arrest by
Agent Smith (HUGO WEAVING) and
his government type thugs but she
manages to escape. Now that they
know about Neo, Smith and his
team are hot on his trail.
To his aide comes Morpheus
(LAURENCE FISHBURNE), an
enigmatic cyber terrorist who's
number one on Smith's most wanted
list. Morpheus gets him out, but
then drops a bombshell. It turns
out that everything Neo has
experienced in his life has just
been an illusion created by the
Matrix, a device employed by a
powerful and intelligent, but
mechanized and artificial life
form that's using enslaved, but
unaware humans as its power
source.
Joining Morpheus and his small
team, which includes Trinity,
Cypher (JOE PANTOLIANO) and a
handful of other characters, Neo
learns that he may be the chosen
one to overthrow the artificial
life form.
After Morpheus trains Neo of the
ways of the Matrix, he and the
rest of the team return to that
artificial, dreamlike world where
dying in a battle with Agent
Smith and his men means certain
death back in the real, outside
world.
THE ENDING:
Agent Smith and his thugs capture
Morpheus and hold him figuring
Neo will come after him. And they
are correct. Neo with the help of
Trinity shoot up the building
where Morpheus is held. They
commandeer a helicopter and grab
Morpheus. Then the chopper
crashes into the side of the
building and Neo must save
Trinity.
Eventually there is a showdown
between Agent Smith and Neo in
the underground subway station.
Neo gets the crap beaten out him
and comes to the realization that
he IS the chosen one and he
vanquishes Smith.
WHAT EVERYONE WILL BE
TALKING ABOUT:
The coooooool visual
effects. They stole the GAP
commercial slo-mo trick and made
it better. If this is the future,
I want the sun glass concession.
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