he Matrix is a 1999 science fiction action film written and directed by The Wachowskis[note 1] and starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, and Joe Pantoliano. It depicts a dystopian future in which humanity is unknowingly trapped inside a simulated reality called the Matrix, created by thought-capable machines (artificial beings)[note 2] to control humans while using their bodies as an energy source.[4] Hacker a