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The Matrix
One film that changed action cinema and three that argued with it.
Which order? Release order.
The films, in release order
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The Matrix 1999The Wachowskis turn familiar questions about reality into thrilling physical action, with Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss giving the spectacle a human centre. The explanations can be heavy-handed; the fights make us eager to listen.Fi1m 88 - 2
The Matrix Reloaded 2003The Wachowskis’ sequel contains two action sequences that were worth the four-year wait and a script that stops every twenty minutes for a speech about choice. The fights are better than the speeches, and there are more speeches.Fi1m 60 - 3
The Matrix Revolutions 2003Lana Wachowski and Lilly Wachowski retain a gift for strange places and large-scale action, but their finale struggles to make either matter. Hugo Weaving supplies the personality that the solemn dialogue keeps suppressing.Fi1m 46
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