Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Matrix is. You have to see it for yourself.

Perception: Our day-in, day-out world is real.

Reality: That world is a hoax, an elaborate deception spun by all-powerful machines of artificial intelligence that control us.

Mind-warp stunts, Techno-slammin' visuals, Mega-kick action. Keanu Reeves and Laurence Fishburne lead the flight to free humankind in The Matrix, the see-and-see-again cyberthriller written and directed by the Wachowski brothers (Bound). The Story sears, the special effects stake out new moviemaking territory - the movie flat-out rocks.