Plot summary for
The Matrix (1999)
Thomas Anderson knows there is something wrong with the world he sees, hears, smells, breathes and lives in every day. While leading a double life as a programmer at a software company and as a hacker known by the alias 'Neo' he learns of the term 'matrix' and is obsessed to find its meaning. He also wants to meet Morpheus who is branded as a terrorist by the authorities but might just be someone altogether different. When they finally meet Morpheus offers him a choice: Anderson could either return to his world and remain flummoxed by the nature of matrix, or come with Morpheus who will help him understand 'the truth'. Anderson chooses to go with Morpheus and learn the astonishing truth: the world he used to live in until recently is artificially generated by all-powerful machines who use human body as a source of their energy, and even in the 'real' world, the machines are closing in to find and destroy the remaining free humans. It's at this stage that Anderson will adopt the name Neo, discover his hidden powers and become "The One" who will liberate the humans from slavery, all the while defending himself and his companions from the "Agents" - personifications of elaborate computer programmes designed to find and destroy humans who go against the machine rule. Written by Soumitra
In the near future, a computer hacker named Neo (Keanu Reeves) discovers that all life on Earth may be nothing more than an elaborate facade created by a malevolent cyber-intelligence, for the purpose of placating us while our life essence is "farmed" to fuel the Matrix's campaign of domination in the "real" world. He joins like-minded Rebel warriors Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) and Trinity (Carrie Ann Moss) in their struggle to overthrow the Matrix. Written by Jake Gittes