Trojan Horse

Rating: Null/10 (5 April 1999)

Forget the special effects ... Didn't anyone catch the whole hero/messiah saga going on? The little "Neo is Jesus" subtext? While most of the audience seemed hypnotized by the glim and glam of super slo-mo bullets and Mortal Kombat combat sequences, the (not really all that) subtle narrative structure harkens to those of antiquity. From the drafting of Neo by "Morpheus the Baptist" and his subsequent awakening (complete with flittering dove) to his suffering, death, resurrection, and -- yes -- ascension, this is the Jesus story retold with high speed film and a bitchin wardrobe. And the moral to the story? Humanity needs to find a cure to itself before we evolve ourselves out of reality ... not too far off from the original. Watch this movie with an eye for content, not Kung Fu.