The Matrix (Blu-ray) R

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  • Rated: R
  • Encoding: Region A
  • Released: September 24, 2013
  • Originally Released: 1999
  • Label: Warner Home Video

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Major Awards:

Academy Awards 1999 - Best Editing: Zach Staenberg
Academy Awards 1999 - Best Sound: Not Applicable
Academy Awards 1999 - Best Visual Effects: Not Applicable

Entertainment Reviews:

Certified Fresh88%

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Total Count: 149

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 33,324,306
Rating: 3/4 -- The Wachowskis and cinematographer Bill Pope take advantage of currently available technical trickery to create visually distinct levels of reality while setting high-speed cameras in motion to make the action sequences particularly dynamic and fluid. Full Review
Chicago Tribune
Oct 21, 2013
The Matrix embedded itself in pop culture so thoroughly that it's easy to forget how different it was when it first arrived. Full Review
Cinema-stache
Aug 22, 2017
...A wildly cinematic futuristic thriller...
Los Angeles Times
Mar 31, 1999
The movie is nonsense, but it does achieve a brazenly chic high style -- black-on-black, airborne, spasmodic.
New Yorker
Oct 21, 2013
Rating: A -- Full to the brim with eye-popping effects and "How'd they do that?" stuntwork, it yearns to have audiences be utterly enraptured in its created reality. Full Review
Zaki's Corner
Nov 16, 2018
A technologically stunning movie that furthers the genre and features crowd-pleasing performances to go with the frequent scenes of gunplay and violence. Full Review
Hollywood Reporter
Oct 3, 2015
...Clever....This virtual-reality saga takes advantage of Reeves' sometimes endearingly boyish personality...
USA Today
Mar 31, 1999

Product Description:

With THE MATRIX, the Wachowskis have established themselves as innovative filmmakers who push the boundaries of live-action films. Like the groundbreaking STAR WARS, THE MATRIX (also the first film of a trilogy) showcases a unique visual style, one the Wachowskis achieved through an array of techniques and digital effects, some never before seen in mainstream Hollywood films. Although computer morphing technology had been used before in films such as THE ABYSS and TERMINATOR 2, the Wachowskis were the first to use "bullet time," a time-bending digital effect that utilizes both computer-generated imagery and still photography.

The film itself is a complex story that aspires to mythology, focusing on a computer hacker named Neo (Keanu Reeves) who searches for the truth behind the mysterious force known as the Matrix. He finds his answer with a group of strangers led by the charismatic Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne). What they encounter in confronting that truth makes for a lightning-paced, eye-popping thrill ride of a movie. Packed with stunning fight scenes (choreographed by accomplished Hong Kong director Yuen Wo-Ping), astonishing visual effects, quotable lines, and a terrific supporting cast (led by Carrie-Anne Moss, in her first major Hollywood film), THE MATRIX is a bold triumph that raises the bar for all science fiction films.

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  • Sales Rank: 117,480
  • UPC: 883929360307
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