Technology and action make for a sweet movie.

Rating: 9/10 (30 March 1999)

Do you like sci-fi? Do you like Hong Kong action and Kung Fu films? Well, welcome to heaven a.k.a. The Matrix. Like a Japanese anime coming to life, the Matrix is a continuous feast of eye candy; concentrated adrenaline, if you will. The film focuses on a young computer hacker ,Neo (Keanu Reeves), who must choose between two worlds. One world is an illusion and the other reality. In doing so he will decide the fate of every one on the planet. Take a little Dark City, a lot of Terminator, and about 15 Hong Kong shoot em' up-chop socky movies and you pretty much have the plot. The fighting scenes were choreographed by the same man responsible for Jet Li's finest action film, Fist of Legend. So we ain't talkin' souped up Van Damme. We're talkin' 100%, grade A, home grown Kung Fu fighting here. In Hong Kong it is commonplace to get that level of grace and power in action scenes, but in America it's as good as we have ever gotten to that coveted level. This is probably the best American made Kung Fu movie since Enter the Dragon. It's that good. Get together with some friends, don't blink, and get ready to experience over 2 hours of the stuff dreams are made of.