Incredible effects

Rating: 7/10 (10 May 1999)

The special effects are the best I have ever seen, and I've seen 'em all. The concept was a little too dorm-roomy for my taste. (Remember those earnest conversations in your sophomore year: "What if I'm just a brain in a vat, man? And all this is, like, being fed into my mind by a mad scientist or something?") I loved the actress who played Trinity. How many faces can survive such extreme close-ups? And what a surprise to learn, here on IMDb, that she was the female lead in a 1993 TV series called -- are you ready for this? -- "Matrix"! Deja-vu, man.