The Matrix
The fight for the future begins.
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.
- Year: 1999
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Action, Science Fiction
- Studio: Village Roadshow Pictures, Groucho II Film Partnership, Silver Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Keyword: man vs machine, martial arts, dream, artificial intelligence (a.i.), saving the world, hacker, self sacrifice, virtual reality, fight, prophecy, truth, philosophy, dystopia, insurgence, simulated reality , cyberpunk, dream world, messiah, action hero, gnosticism, awestruck, allegory of the cave
- Director: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski
- Cast: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Gloria Foster, Joe Pantoliano