Ground-breaking film in special effects and story line

Rating: Null/10 (15 April 2000)

'The Matrix' and how much you will like it depends on the tastes of, you, the viewer. Younger audiences, preferably teenagers, will probably watch it for the cool special effects (people jumping high into the air and at long distances, slow motion movement, people walking on walls) and fast, well choreographed fight sequences, involving intense hand-to-hand and weapons combat with plenty of action.
But, aside from this, the older, adult audience will probably watch it for the story-line...that is extremely well written but a tad difficult to understand, because the movie moves at a pretty fast pace. So 'The Matrix' is the type of movie where if you miss a single section, you could miss the entire movie. The younger, teenage audience will probably over look this.
So 'The Matrix' really appeals to audiences of all ages, I give it a 10 out of a possible 10. The Walchowski brothers did their homework on this one.
Note: Some of the movie's scenes may be somewhat unsettling to younger, less mature viewers. One scene shows large robotic creatures harvesting humans and babies like plants, and another shows Neo, the main character, having his mouth closed by his skin, tied down, and having a large bug eat into his stomach. Note this first, but it depends upon the viewer's maturity level.