Just over 20 years ago, the Wachowskis introduced the incredible world of The Matrix to moviegoers, and the 1999 original movie became an instant classic. It featured cool sci-fi tropes, thought-provoking themes about reality and humanity, cutting-edge special effects, and certainly some great action sequences. The Matrix trilogy is sci-fi at heart, but these movies have strong action/thriller elements to them, too.At their best, the original three Matrix movies used sci-fi as the plot and eye-popping action sequences as the vehicle to move that intriguing plot along. To that effect, some of those movies’ most memorable scenes (such as the freeway chase in The Matrix Reloaded or Neo’s final duel with Agent Smith in The Matrix Revolutions) are all typical action movie fare. Those movies leaned rather hard into conventional action movie tropes and clichés, but they did it with style. Thus, no one minds if they’ve seen these clichés a hundred times before.All movies, regardless of genre, need an inciting event to get the protagonist’s quest started. Action movies like The Matrix often rely on “the call,” when a certain party reaches out to the hero with a new mission. This is especially relevant for movie heroes like cops, soldiers, mercenaries, and assassins.RELATED: 10 Ways the Matrix Embraces Sci-Fi Cliches
Just over 20 years ago, the Wachowskis introduced the incredible world of The Matrix to moviegoers, and the 1999 original movie became an instant classic. It featured cool sci-fi tropes, thought-provoking themes about reality and humanity, cutting-edge special effects, and certainly some great action sequences. The Matrix trilogy is sci-fi at heart, but these movies have strong action/thriller elements to them, too.
At their best, the original three Matrix movies used sci-fi as the plot and eye-popping action sequences as the vehicle to move that intriguing plot along. To that effect, some of those movies’ most memorable scenes (such as the freeway chase in The Matrix Reloaded or Neo’s final duel with Agent Smith in The Matrix Revolutions) are all typical action movie fare. Those movies leaned rather hard into conventional action movie tropes and clichés, but they did it with style. Thus, no one minds if they’ve seen these clichés a hundred times before.
All movies, regardless of genre, need an inciting event to get the protagonist’s quest started. Action movies like The Matrix often rely on “the call,” when a certain party reaches out to the hero with a new mission. This is especially relevant for movie heroes like cops, soldiers, mercenaries, and assassins.
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