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The Matrix
Written and directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski The Matrix is an excellent
science fiction movie with several increadabile fight scenes and amazing special effects.
The plot involves Neo (Keanu Reeves), a mild-mannered software author by day, a feared
hacker by night. He's recruited by a cell of cyber-rebels, led by profound Morpheus
(Laurence Fishburne) and the leather-clad warrior Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) (Ebert 1).
Morpheus sends Trinity out to find Neo because he believe Neo is "the one". Once Trinity
finds Neo she brings him back to Morpheus. They meet in Morpheus tells Neo that the
world he lives in is the matrix. The matrix is a computer-generated world in which the
people are living in a virtual reality. Intelligent machines have taken over the planet. As a
result of the war between humans and machines, the Earth is a sunless place in the throes
of what looks like a permanent nuclear winter. The machines had depended on solar
power, but now they have found an alternate source of energy: human beings themselves.
Human beings generate both heat and electricity, and the machines have found a way to
harvest both. To keep humans under control and to provide stimuli that enhance a body's
electrical output, the machines created The Matrix (Cavagna 2). After Morpheus explains
the matrix to Neo he then offers him a red or blue pill. If he choose the blue pill he would
just wake up and think everthing was just a dream. If Neo takes the red pill, he can "stay
in Wonderland" and learn "how deep the rabbit hole goes" (Cavagna 2). Meaning he will
join Morpheus and his crew on their quest to "[...] crack the framework that holds the
matrix in place, and free mankind" (Ebert 1). Neo chooses to take the red pill and thats
where his journey begins.
The Matrix has an underlyning christian theme. Morpheus constantly tells Neo
that he is "the one". He has been prophesied as the one who will crack the code...