There's a lot more to this than I initially thought.

Rating: 9/10 (14 February 2000)

*mild (i.e. not blatant) spoiler within*
The first mistake you can make is to assume that The Matrix is just a good action movie. It is, of course - there are plenty of fresh and genuinely entertaining sequences in here.
But if you pay attention, you'll notice the real brilliance of the movie - the underpinning themes. There are a lot of messianic and Taoist ("there is no spoon") hints; just look at IMDB's own trivia.
It continues. The Matrix seems to be an allegory for issues of race; notice how all the Agents are white, male, and middle-aged, and how they're the ones in charge of creating an illusion? Notice how the Nebuchadnezzar crew is dominated by minorities (but not afraid to include Caucasians), and they prefer the real world? Neo is ultimately able to thrive in both... so I would argue that they're relaying the concept of accepting both white and non-white as a part of your universe.
And it goes on... I could probably sit here for hours. The point is that the movie does wonders for what it implies, not just what it points out directly.