Still good

Rating: 7/10 (21 February 2008)

Well here I am almost 10 years after the release of this movie and I'm finally reviewing it! I'd seen it on TV a few weeks back so I thought it was time to commit my thoughts to cyberspace. Take Thomas Anderson, AKA Hacker Neo. He is contacted by an underground resistance whose leader Morpheus he has been looking for.
Exactly why Neo is looking for him is never explained, we are thrown into a different story because Morpheus had been looking for him. When he finally gets to meet Morpheus he is offered the choice to join them and awakes in a tank of goo connected to dozens of hoses before being ejected from the comfort of his pod.
He discovers The Matrix and what he thought was his real life are nothing but computer illusions with computers running The Earth and using humans as a source of power. Basically this film is about the ideas of reality, what is real? Using a lot of imagery and references from Alice In Wonderland the film still looks impressive, has plenty of action (maybe a little bit too much fighting) and a sound enough plot and cast.
Even if Keanu Reeves wasn't 1st pick to be Neo he still did a great job. Carrie Ann Moss as Trinity looks incredible and Laurence Fishburne plays his role brilliantly. Hugo Weaving is almost always overlooked as Agent Smith but he is so deadpan its unreal.
Despite being almost a decade old now the film is still more than watchable even if it's ending is a little weak being left open for it's sequel to explore.