... so what's with the cop killing?

Rating: 8/10 (26 February 2008)

Don't get me wrong I respect the Matrix as a monumental achievement in film making, but I think it's time to call attention to a aspect of the film that nobody seems to care to mention. It's that the majority of people the 'savoirs' kill in the film are not agents, not machines, not sentinels, but cops. Sure you could right it off just by simply stating what Morpheus pointed out. That as long as they are part of the system that they are a dangerous enemy. But use your compassion people those cops have families, and for every cop killed he leaves behind orphans. Even the Terminator tried his best to make sure there were no casualties when he shot things up- and he's a freaking machine!!! Are we really so cold that we don't care that these cops die? Or maybe it's just the minted glint on the cop uniforms that is put there through careful editing to give the feel that these cops were symbols of authority and oppression that takes away our sympathy for them. Or maybe a lot of people don't like cops because of their pushy no-nonsense attitudes. Even though most of them are brave men who would put their lives on the line for someone they don't even know we still don't feel the need stand up for them. In the lobby shootout scene Trinity can be seen with a smirk on her face after having just mowed down an innocent man. But why should I care? It's just a movie and is there to entertain. And I'll probably watch it again since they play it so often on AMC anyway, I just thought someone should mention this, and that's what I just did.