: It famously blended Hong Kong-style wire-fu with Western shootouts and sci-fi tropes. Iconic Stunts
When the Wachowskis released The Matrix in March 1999, the internet was a fledgling curiosity. Today, it is the air we breathe. The film’s central thesis—that reality is a constructed simulation designed to pacify the human mind—hits harder now than it did at the turn of the millennium.
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: On a budget of approximately $63 million, it grossed over $460 million worldwide.