Monday, March 14, 2011

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: $467,222,728 (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 has known the truth about the Matrix. Believing Neo to be "The One", Morpheus gives 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
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
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
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
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. This movie has a complex, woven storyline with loads of action, 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.

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 at first viewing. I imagine other viewers would feel the same, as it is a must-see film.

Star rating: (5/5) Best Movie Ever

2 comments:

  1. I like the movie I am a really big fan of action Movies and this movie is rated in my top 20

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  2. This ranks at number 10 or 11 on my Top 100 Favorite movies. This is a true classic that completely blew my mind. Neo vs Smith is one of the best fight scenes in movie history.

    -James

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