What is the Matrix? How you define Matrix?

Rating: 10/10 (31 May 2013)

When someone hears the word "Matrix", it already thinks on a man dodging bullets in slow time, little he knows that "The Matrix" is so much deeper than that.
"The Matrix" is the classic action - sci-fi that forever changed the cinematic action scenes, but the film is not only fantastic action scenes, as I said, is much deeper than that.
The story begins with Neo (Keanu Reeves), who lives two lives simultaneously; in one he is Thomas Anderson, an important secretary in one of the most important computer companies in the world; in the other he is Neo, a night-hacker that sells all kinds of programs and computer viruses and tries to discover the meaning of the "Matrix". One day he meets Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) who claims to have all the answers he needs and show Neo the way to get to know the Matrix. After a problem with the police, Neo decides to accept the help of Trinity who introduces him to Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) a wanted terrorist that shows to be an very polite and smart man and he know something that Neo doesn't. Morpheus offers Neo a chance to know what the Matrix is. Neo accepts the offer and discovers that not only what is the Matrix but also discovers that our whole world is nothing but a lie.
The Wachowski brothers (directors-writers) can raise the film several philosophical theories about what is real and how the human mind works, and how we can create and control what is not real. But along with the philosophy, the Wachowskis have created action scenes that changed cinema forever. But all the frenetic action ranging that goes from Kung Fu moves in slow motion and the incredible bullet-time, and of course the classic scene of dodging bullets in slow motion, all of them are part of the whole philosophy that builds the Matrix.
Writing and fantastic direction had to be accompanied by a formidable cast that is not what is missing in this movie. Keanu Reeves is superb and becomes the "chosen one"; the fantastic Laurence Fishburne as the unforgettable Morpheus; and one of the greatest villains that cinema ever had it's Hugo Weaving as the cruel Agent Smith.
A classic action and sci-fi that will be forever remembered, thanks to a fantastic writing and breathtaking action scenes make's "The Matrix" a true masterpiece.