A New Race of sci-fi film....

Rating: 10/10 (2 January 2000)

One question that will you will be asking yourselves throughout the movie will be: What is the Matrix? I'm not here to tell you exactly what it is (so I don't know, but hey!) but I can tell you about what I mean by a "New Race of sci-fi film."
First of all, let's talk about the beginning of the film. The chase scenes in the beginning (Trinity, the police and the Agent) are worth paying for the cinema ticket alone. The special "Bullet Time" effects could be the very tip of the iceberg which can unleash a whole new way of filming and camera angles.
The government Lobby scene and the Kung-Fu scene unite Western and Eastern filming; all four leading characters (Neo, Trinity, Morpheus and Agent Smith) trained for 5 months with a group of Hong Kong martial arts trainers and wirestunt-stunt men to allow them to attain the "natural" grace and ability of Kung-Fu. It's not about how well the actor/ress APPEARS to fight, it's about how well the actor/ress KNOWS how to fight. The Matrix could be just the start of combining the talents of both Western and Eastern filming tactics to make the perfect movie. And The Matrix is just that.