"Where human beings are no longer born, we are grown"

Rating: 10/10 (1 December 2012)

In a world where humans are nothing but slaves a group of people trying to confront their fate by means of anarchic violence against authority.
I lived my youth in 90s and I can tell you that alongside with Fight Club, Matrix summarizes my generations' state for the relevant period. That's why I think The Matrix is not a philosophical piece of cinema but rather an allegorical one. Also, What Morpheus did was not a religious act, even if he hadn't known it yet. Yes, there is a fate that is to be destroyed. But that fate comes from AI. When you are no longer born but rather genetically engineered and grown by elaborate machines, and you live your entire life in a simulation whose rules are built by the needs of AI, this is no longer a fate that we used to phrase in everyday life; this is a fate that is built and controlled by the physical authority. That's why a program called the oracle has the calculation power to predict the future of Matrix and the individuals connected to it. The connection between humans and AI fortunately brings a hopeful way out for the humans namely an anomaly or Neo. Somehow a human called Neo has the power to control The Matrix. I interpret this as an error caused during the growing process or the lifetime spent in Matrix which resulted from a special code that is written to his DNA or in the other case to his mind.
For me, entire film is about accepting the possibility of lack of free will and the relentless war to restore it.
After all;
What is the Matrix?

Control.