Best Thriller Of 1999

Rating: 10/10 (1 January 2000)

The mind-bending special effects alone make this movie worth watching. Just as Industrial Lights and Magic changed the visual concept of sci-fi movies with the Star Wars trilogy, THE MATRIX adds Bullet Time, a stunning new way to move the perspective of the camera during a slow motion or time compression or even a still frame shot, to film making. Above that THE MATRIX is an action packed thriller starring that captures you from the very first scene and keeps you glued to your seat until the end. I predict that it will reap quite a few Oscars at the next Academy Awards.