This will remain a classic, even in 20 years time.

Rating: 8/10 (4 April 2005)

I've never been a fan of Sci-Fi movies. It just isn't my kind of film and yet, I'm glad to make an exception for this movie. Somehow "The Matrix" was able to change my opinion about the genre. So what is it that makes this movie so good? Well, one thing is the story.
The humans believe they live in a normal world in 1999, but in reality it is 200 years later. The world as we know it, was destroyed in a war between robots and humans. While the humans believed they could stop the robots by cutting off their power supply, the robots outsmarted them and made slaves of the humans, who produce more than enough energy to sustain the robot society. But to keep the humans happy and unaware of their actual situation, the robots have created a virtual world, a false version of 20th-century life. This virtual world is called 'the Matrix'. Neo has always been looking for the truth behind the Matrix and one day he gets the opportunity to find it out, thanks to Morpheus. Morpheus is one of the few humans who once managed to escape and he has been searching for the 'chosen one', the only human who will be capable of defeating the robots. He believes Neo is the one he has always been looking for...
Next to the story, it is the special effects that have made this movie legendary. I guess everybody already knows this, but this was the first movie in which they have used the super slow-motion, called bullet time. Of course this was a revelation at the time, but even after all these years it's incredibly nice to watch. And there are more interesting things to be found. The makers have used computer animation to its full extend and have done that in an outstanding way. But next to the well developed story and the amazing special effects, there are still the actors. Sometimes, you might almost forget about them, but they still play an important role in this movie and have done that in a very good way.
As a conclusion I just want to say that this is probably the very best Sci-Fi movie ever. It's full of action, it has a good story, a lot of interesting special effects and some nice acting. What could you possibly want more from a movie? I reward it with an 8/10. I'm sure this will remain a classic, even in 20 years time.