Digital wretching for the masses.

Rating: 7/10 (5 November 1999)

Special effects do not make a movie (proof: ID4, The Lost World, Lost in Space, etc., etc. ad nauseum). The Matrix is proof that you don't need a good script or decent actors to have a movie as long as you get shots--digitally or traditionally--which no one else has ever used. The plot is dense and the acting appalling. Nice soundtrack and exceptional digital sound effects made the movie tolerable. Forget the hype with this one and save yourself some money.