I know Kung-Fu.....

Rating: 6/10 (17 July 2015)

Thomas Anderson lives an ordinary life. A software techie by day and a computer hacker by night, he sits alone at home by his monitor, waiting for a sign, but from what or whom he doesn't know.
One night, a mysterious woman named Trinity seeks him out and introduces him to that faceless character he has been waiting for........Morpheus.
A messiah of sorts, Morpheus presents Neo with the truth about his world by shedding light on the dark secrets that have troubled him for so long......
After seeing this after so many years, the then groundbreaking movie just doesn't hold up for me.
Back in 1999, the trailer was one of the most mysterious things ever to be seen at the cinema. It was refreshing to see a film not give away any of the plot, and just astound people with the wonderful effects for that time.
And it comes to fruition that the reason why none of the plot is revealed on the trailer is simply because it's that mind-boggingly bonkers, that it probably would have deterred many form seeing it.
Seeing it now with much older and wiser eyes, the films just a series of zen like exposition chapters tied together with very beautiful, awe-inspiring action, and Keanu going Whoa.
The Wachowskis are geniuses, they have made some very experimental movies, some of them are good, some of them are complete cobblers, this is why the sequels are much maligned, because they were released when other, better movies were released.
What summer blockbusters were released at the time of this? Episode I Entrapment Wild Wild West The Mummy The Haunting
So this would have stood out, because the summer of 1999 was a travesty.
It's still enjoyable enough, I just don't think it deserves the pedestal it sits on.