The Matrix Review

The Matrix

Release Date: 8th April 1999 – Australia

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures (presents)
Village Roadshow Pictures
(in association with)
Groucho II Film Partnership (in association with)
Silver Pictures

Distribution
Roadshow Films

Genre: Sci-Fi/Action

Rating: M

Runtime: 136 minutes


Budget: $63,000,000

Box Office Gross: $467,826,932 (Worldwide)

Plot Summary
Neo is a computer hacker living in two separate lives who finds himself contacted by Morpheus, a man marked as a terrorist by the government, but is one of the few people who know the truth about the Matrix. Believing Neo to be "The One," Morpheus offers Neo a choice to either continue his mundane life in a fake reality or discover the truth that the machines have enslaved humanity. Once Neo embarks on this new journey, with the

help of Trinity, he must

relentlessly battle Agent
Smith, a computer program
that can bend reality.

Cast

Keanu Reeves – Thomas A. Anderson/Neo
Laurence Fishburne – Morpheus
Carrie-Anne Moss – Trinity
Hugo Weaving – Agent Smith
Joe Pantoliano – Cypher
Julian Arahanga – Apoc
Anthony Ray Parker – Dozer
Marcus Chong – Tank
Matt Doran – Mouse
Gloria Foster – The Oracle
Belinda McClory – Switch
Paul Goddard – Agent Brown
Robert Taylor – Agent Jones
David Aston – Rhineheart

Marc Aden Gray – Choi
Ada Nicodemou – Dujour (White Rabbit Girl)
Rowan Witt – Spoon Boy
Fiona Johnson – Woman in Red

Crew
Executive Producers/
Writers/Directors – Andy &
Larry Wachowski

Associate Producer – Richard Mirisch
Executive Producers – Bruce

Berman, Andrew Mason,

Barrie M. Osborne and Erwin Stoff

Producer – Joel Silver
Co-Producer – Dan Cracchiolo

Casting Directors – Mali Finn

and Shauna Wolifson

Production Designer – Owen Paterson

Conceptual Designer – Geoffrey Darrow
Art Directors – Hugh Bateup and

Michelle McGahey

Assistant Art Directors – Jules Cook,

Fiona Scott and Tony Williams
Set Decorators – Lisa Brennan,
Tim Ferrier and Marta McElroy

Key Armorer – John Bowring

Costume Designer – Kym Barrett

Makeup Special Effects Designer and

Creator – Bob McCarron

Key Makeup Artist – Nikki Gooley
Director of Photography – Bill Pope

Director of Photography: Second Unit –

Ross Emery

Camera Operator – David Williamson

Camera/Steadicam Operator – Robert Agganis

First Assistant Directors – Colin Fletcher

and James McTiegue

Second Assistant Directors – Tom Read and

Noni Roy

Third Assistant Director – Paul Sullivan

Second Unit Director – Bruce Hunt
Kung Fu Choreographer – Woo-Ping Yuen
Kung Fu Coordinator: Hong Kong – Carol Kim
Stunt Coordinator – Glenn Boswell
Special Effects Supervisors – Steve Courtley
and Brian Cox

Special Effects Coordinator – Robina Osborne

Animatronic Prosthetics – Paul Katte

and Nick Nicolaou
Visual Effects Supervisor – John Gaeta
Visual Effects Supervisor: Animal Logic –

Lynne Cartwright

Associate Visual Effects Supervisor: Manex

Visual Effects – Janek Sirrs

Digital Effects Supervisor: Manex Visual

Effects – Rodney Iwashina

Digital Effects Producer: Manex Visual

Effects – Diana Giorgiutti

Digital Effects Supervisor: DFilm Services –

Jon Thum

Executive Producer: DFilm Services –

Peter Doyle

Conceptual Artist: Manex Visual Effects –

Steve Burg

Matte Painting: Manex Visual Effects –

Charles Darby

R&D/Tech Supervisor: Bullet Time –

George Borshukov

Digital Composite Supervisors: DFilm

Services – Tim Crosbie and Mark Nettleton

Editor – Zach Staenberg

Assistant Editors – Tom Costain,

Jenny Hicks, John Lee and Basia Ozerski

Sound Designer/Supervising Sound Editor –

Dane A. Davis

Sound Recordist – David Lee

Re-Recording Mixers – David E. Campbell,

John T. Reitz and Gregg Rudloff

Foley Artists – Hilda Hodges and

John Roesch

Music – Don Davis

Music Supervisor – Jason Bentley

Awards

2000 Academy Awards
Best Film Editing – Zach Staenberg (Won)
Best Sound – John T. Reitz, Gregg Rudloff,
David E. Campbell and David Lee (Won)
Best Sound Editing – Dane A. Davis (Won)
Best Visual Effects – John Gaeta, Janek Sirrs,
Steve Courtley and Jon Thum (Won)

Review

THE MATRIX is an extraordinary science-fiction action film that takes you beyond your imagination and is nothing like you've ever experienced. This movie has a complex, woven storyline with incredible action scenes, groundbreaking visual effects, unique camera angles, and amazing stunts. I praise everything in the feature, such as the acting with Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Hugo Weaving, and two impressive scenes: the famous lobby action sequence when Neo and Trinity took on the near-invincible Agents and the other when Neo dodges bullets in slow motion.

THE MATRIX is one of my favourite movies. Neither of the two sequels that followed matched the impact of the first. The original still lives up to the magic I experienced the first time I saw it. I imagine other viewers would feel the same, as it is a must-see film.

Star rating: (5/5) Best Movie Ever

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