Sci-fi perfection.?

Rating: 9/10 (15 June 1999)

Having read some of the reviews of this film on the imdb I felt there were some doubts over its quality but after a few minutes of watching it those doubts where blown away and I new I was in for a 'trip'.
As a piece of science fiction this film can only be described as a work of genius and proof that when it comes to film writing and directing two heads, or two Wachowski brothers, are better than one.
What makes this film so good is the mind bending concept in the story of a universal virtual reality, a very simple but effective idea which is portrayed to perfection by the smallest detail. The comic book origins of the sets provided the duo with proven material and they choose well. The outstanding and ground breaking special effects pushed the film to even greater highs and they even had the self belief to include marshal arts style fight scenes that any oriental director would have been proud of. All these elements came together to produce one awesome movie. My only criticism would be a possible continuity fault with some of the 'damage' accumulated by most of the characters.
It was a risk to cast Keanu Reeves in a lead role given the public attitude to his acting abilities but thankfully those abilities when not over stretched as you would expect with this type of film and he has done his career a favour. The rest of the cast were equally efficient.
This film is labelled as science fiction but it is also an orgy of violence and destruction given a positive twist with music and fashion, a death in cyberspace is still a death on-screen. I think it would it have been far better to have gone the whole hog and included more sex scenes, as was hinted at in the film. This would have made it an over 18 rating and a more rounded piece of work.
What is the Matrix.? The Matrix is what we can expect in our theatres for the next millennium. Cool.