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The Matrix. (McCormick's Quick Takes).


The Matrix (Warner Bros BROS Brothers
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, 1999). Andy and Larry Wachowski hurl the superhero su·per·he·ro  
n. pl. su·per·he·roes
A figure, especially in a comic strip or cartoon, endowed with superhuman powers and usually portrayed as fighting evil or crime.
 genre into the 22nd century in a special-effects bonanza that makes leaping tall buildings seem like baby steps.

Mild mannered Thomas Anderson For the related name Tom Anderson, see .

Thomas Anderson refers to several people:
  • Thomas A. Anderson, aka Neo, the central character from The Matrix.
  • Thomas David Anderson (1853-1932), a Scottish astronomer.
  • Thomas J.
 (Keanu Reeves) is a nerdy hacker who stumbles through the looking glass of his desktop to discover that his world is a virtual game being played by an evil network--the Matrix--that has enslaved Enslaved may refer to:
  • Slavery, the socio-economic condition of being owned and worked by and for someone else
  • Submissive (BDSM), people playing the 'slave' part in BDSM
  • Enslaved (band), a progressive black metal/Viking metal band from Haugesund, Norway
 all humanity.

Lawrence Fishburne (Morpheus) leads a small rebellion of awakened humans and hopes that Reeves (now known as Neo) could be the one with the powers to liberate the planet.

What no one seemed to notice was how this film satirized our own addiction to video entertainment. ***

PATRICK MCCORMICK, professor of Christian ethics at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington.
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Author:McCormick, Patrick
Publication:U.S. Catholic
Article Type:Movie Review
Date:Jun 1, 2003
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