So, how real is it? Think again.

Rating: 10/10 (16 May 2003)

A movie that has got it all. If You are looking kicks and bangs You won't be disappointed. If You think that special effects rank science-fiction You have to top rate this one. But there is more to this movie than stylish gymnastic, hi-speed action, creative hi-tech and a god plot. This is a good one. The Matrix is not just about a future of man made paradise through technology. This is about our reality. This is a film about our perception of our «state of the art human civilization» reality, about the substance of personal satisfaction in mass consumption, about the futility of our very notion of success, about the rewards of social inclusion against the it's taxation on our will, resistance and submission. Further from confronting us with the fear of loss of our self-control, self-purpose and self-respect, this film confronts us with very real and present questions about our consciousness of what we are and want to be; our awareness of our role in the lubrication of this very society we live in, and it's utility; We all know we are part of a whole, or is it a hole? Or the whole we want? This film takes us beyond the now traditional «machines rule the world» theme. It's not just the «just what You think You're doing Dave?» sort of question, it's about what baby are You feeding. The man versus machine argument is here magisterially treated and suggests an even more metaphoric insight on our present world. A world that we have already created. So, if You still think The Matrix is just a movie... Think again!