Ever notice that every blockbuster movie has the same fundamental pieces? A hero, a journey, some conflicts to muck it all up, a reward, and the hero returning home and everybody applauding his or...

The Desert of the Real (a.k.a. Where the Sun don't Shine)If we want to get technical about it, this is the only physical setting of The Matrix. Everything else that happens takes place within the m...

Alongside NeoWhat with all the craziness of The Matrix conceptually (not to mention all the philosophy and theology thrown in the mix) the narrative structure itself is necessarily simple. Just ima...

Post-Apocalyptic; Science fiction; ActionLet's start with the basics, shall we? The Matrix is an action movie, pure and simple. We spend so much time talking about themes and symbolism in this guid...

You want to know why The Matrix is called The Matrix? Well, it's because the movie centers around a computer simulated virtual world known as the Matrix in which humans are mentally trapped and pla...

It's one of those cyclical things. You know, like the hydrologic cycle... or like a cat chasing its own tail. In the first scene we start with Trinity and Cypher talking while the camera zooms insi...

RThe R rating here is all about the violence. It's not the extreme Tarantino pull-your-eyeballs-out kind of violence, but there's a lot of shooting people and punching people and burning people wit...