MOVIE COMPANY: Warner Bros.
CAST: Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving and Joe Pantoliano
DIRECTED BY: The Wachowski Brothers
PRODUCED BY: Joel Silver
RATING: R
INTERNET MOVIE DATABASE URL: http://us.imdb.com/Title?0133093
TYPE OF MOVIE: Action, thriller, sci-fi
DURATION: 136 minutes
Computer hacker Thomas Anderson has lived a relatively ordinary life–in what he thinks is the year 1999–until he is contacted by the enigmatic Morpheus who leads him into the real world. In reality, it is 200 years later, and the world has been laid waste and taken over by advanced artificial intelligence machines. The computers have created a false version of 20th-century life–the “Matrix”–to keep the human slaves satisfied, while the AI machines draw power from the humans. Anderson, pursued constantly by “Agents” (computers who take on human form and infiltrate the Matrix), is hailed as “The One” who will lead the humans to overthrow the machines and reclaim the Earth. (IMDB)
DVD EXTRAS:
• Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
• Color, Closed-captioned, Dolby, Widescreen, Collector’s Edition
• Commentary by Carrie-Anne Moss, editor Zach Staenberg and visual effects supervisor John Gaeta
• Isolated musical score with comentary by composer Don Davis (I)
• Production notes
• Theatrical trailer(s)
• Behind-the-scenes documentary “HBO First Look: Making the Matrix”
• Take the red pills to view two hidden special effects documentaries: “What is Bullet Time?” and “What is the Concept?”
• Follow the white rabbit to nine behind-the-scenes featurettes
• Widescreen anamorphic format
KNOWN DVD SECRET(S):
What Is Bullet Time documentary:
Enter the “Special Features” screen from the main menu and select “The Dream World”. Select the red pill to view the “What Is Bullet Time?” documentary.
What Is The Concept documentary:
Enter the “Special Features” screen from the main menu and select “The Cast And Crew Biographies”. Select the Warchowsky Brothers to find another red pill. Select the pill to view the “What Is The Concept?” documentary.
DVD REVIEW:
This DVD is at this time the top selling DVD of all time. Whether you enjoyed the movie or not, this movie deserves credit for it’s stunts, visuals and more.
It’s not an artsy film but it has a level of action, awesome special effects and also a cerebral intelligence to it that you are drawn to this movie.
The colors are vibrant on this DVD and the audio is spectacular. Hopefully this DVD will be released in DTS format. This may possibly happen when the second movie is released.
There are several versions of this DVD available. One is a set that comes with posters and limited number editions but if all those extra posters and signed editions don’t interest you, then this DVD may be all that you need.
As for the DVD’s special features, many special features include an in-depth commentary, documentaries, music-only audio track, and many extras and cool Easter eggs that will keep you very attached to this DVD for awhile.
A definite must-buy!
THE MOVIE:Â A
THE DVD EXTRAS: A
THE DVD OVERALL:Â A