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The Matrix is a science-fiction/action film first released in the USA on March 31, 1999, written and directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski. It stars Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss and Hugo Weaving. It has developed a strong following as a renowned Generation X/Generation Y classic.

The film describes a world in which the titular Matrix is an artificial reality created by sentient machines in order to pacify, subdue and make use of the human population as batteries by growing them and connecting them to the Matrix with cybernetic implants. It contains numerous references to philosophical and religious ideas, the hacker subculture, and homages to Hong Kong action movies, Japanese animation and cyberpunk.

The Matrix was filmed in Sydney, Australia. The film is a co-production of Warner Bros Studios and Australian Village Roadshow Pictures.

The Matrix series and franchise

The Matrix earned $171 million in the USA and $460 million worldwide. This relatively unexpected mainstream success outside of cult following led to the greenlighting of the next two films of what the Wachowskis maintain was conceived as a trilogy, The Matrix Reloaded
and The Matrix Revolutions
. It was a number of years and several iterations of scripts before the final movies were approved, and there is continued debate among viewers over whether they match the quality and conceptual heights of the original film.

Also released was The Animatrix
, a collection of nine animated short films, many of which were created in the same Japanese animation style that was a strong influence on the live trilogy. The Animatrix was overseen and approved by the Wachowski brothers but they only wrote four of the segments themselves and did not direct any of them; much of the project was created by notable figures from the world of animé. Four of the films were originally released on the series' ; one was shown in cinemas with the Warner Bros movie Dreamcatcher
; the others first appeared with the DVD release of all nine shorts.

The franchise contains three video games: Enter the Matrix
(2003), which depicted events linked to the story of The Matrix Reloaded and which contained footage shot specifically for the game; The Matrix Online
(2004), a MMORPG which continues the story beyond The Matrix Revolutions; and The Matrix: Path of Neo
, which was released 8 November 2005 and focuses on situations based on Neo's journey through the trilogy of films.

Available on the official website are a number of free comics set in the world of The Matrix, written and illustrated by figures from the comics industry. Some of these comics are also available in two printed volumes.

Principal cast

Synopsis

In an American city in the year 1999, Thomas A. Anderson (Keanu Reeves) is a computer software programmer for a respectable software company, but also leads a secret life as a hacker under the alias "Neo". He is contacted by Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss), a woman who is aware of his desire to learn what the rumoured "Matrix" is. Neo believes that a man named Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) is somehow connected to the answer.

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Movies - The Matrix

The Matrix series and franchise

Principal cast

Synopsis

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