The Matrix is a 1999 American science fiction action film written and directed by the Wachowskis, and produced by Joel Silver. It stars Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, and Joe Pantoliano. The film is considered to be among the best science fiction films of all time. The success of the film led to the release of two feature film sequels in 2003, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions. A fourth film is scheduled for release on December 22, 2021.
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The Matrix is a 1999 American science fiction action film written and directed by the Wachowskis, and produced by Joel Silver. It stars Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, and Joe Pantoliano. The film is considered to be among the best science fiction films of all time. The success of the film led to the release of two feature film sequels in 2003, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions. A fourth film is scheduled for release on December 22, 2021. The Matrix franchise was further expanded through the production of comic books, video games and animated short films, with which the Wacheskis were heavily involved. It has also inspired books and theories expanding on some of the religious and philosophical ideas alluded to in the films. It was well-received by many critics and won four Academy Awards, as well as other accolades, including BAFTA Awards and Saturn Awards. It popularized a visual effect known as \”bullet time\”, in which the heightened perception of certain characters is represented by allowing the action within a shot to progress in slow-motion while the camera appears to move through the scene at normal speed, allowing the sped-up movements of some characters to be perceived normally. Some critics have praised the film for its handling of difficult subjects, while others have said the deeper themes are largely overshadowed by its action scenes. It is an example of the cyberpunk subgenre of science fiction and influenced subsequent Hollywood action film productions, such as The Hangover and The Godfather: Part II.
The movie was first released in the United States on March 31, 1999, and grossed over USD 460 million worldwide, and is the first installment in the Matrix franchise. The second film in the franchise is due to be released in 2015. The third and fourth films in the series will be released later in 2015 and 2016, respectively, and the fifth and sixth in 2018 and 2019, respectively. The films are scheduled to open in cinemas on September 26, 2015, and September 28, 2018, and December 21, 2019. The fourth film, due in 2020, will be called The Matrix: Dead Man’s Chest, and will open on September 27, 2020, in London, and in Australia on September 29, 2023, in New York, and elsewhere in the world on September 30, 2028, 2029, and 2030, in Europe and the rest of the world in 2028. The first film is set in a dystopian future in which humanity is unknowingly trapped inside a simulated reality, the Matrix, created by intelligent machines to distract humans while using their bodies as an energy source. When computer programmer Thomas Anderson, under the hacker alias ‘Neo’, uncovers the truth, he is drawn into a rebellion against the machines. He is retrieved and brought aboard Morpheus’s flying ship, the Nebuchadnezzar. After Neo swallows the red pill, his reality falls apart, and he awakens in a liquid-filled pod among countless others attached to an elaborate electrical system.
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