Variety
An eye-popping but incoherent extravaganza of morphing and superhuman martial arts.
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The Matrix
In this 1999 sci-fi classic from the Wachowski sisters, computer hacker Neo (Keanu Reeves) unplugs from the virtual reality of the so called real world to battle and overthrow mankind’s mechanical overlords.
1999Rating: MA15+, for sci-fi violence and brief language136 minsUSA, Australia
ActionAdventureScience FictionClassicBlockbuster
The Matrix | Awards
Winner of 4 Academy Awards, 2000.
The Matrix | Reviews
88%159 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® Score
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Total Film
"Wake up, Neo." It brought Keanu Reeves a-woah-ing back to our collective consciousness; it knocked us flat with balletic battle scenes and mind-scrambling plot
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Roger Ebert
A visually dazzling cyberadventure, full of kinetic excitement, but it retreats to formula just when it's getting interesting.
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Los Angeles Times
A wildly cinematic futuristic thriller that is determined to overpower the imagination, The Matrix combines traditional science-fiction premises with spanking new visual technology in a way that almost defies description.
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Empire Magazine
The deliciously inventive Wachowskis have delivered the syntax for a new kind of movie: technically mind-blowing, style merged perfectly with content and just so damn cool.
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The Matrix is available to stream in Australia now on Netflix and Google Play and Prime Video and Apple TV and Prime Video Store.