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At one time, the film “The Matrix” by the then Wachowski brothers turned not only the entire cinema, but also the consciousness of many people who began to think about the world where we all live. Is it really that simple and understandable?
The Matrix tells about a seemingly ordinary office worker, Thomas Anderson, who becomes a dangerous hacker Neo at night, hacking into any network. One day, by the will of providence, he learned about artificial intelligence that controls all people who actually exist in an illusory world. Neo is the chosen one. Only he can bring people back to reality.
Subsequently, several more amazing films were made, similar to The Matrix in plot, ideas and atmosphere. Here are the top 10 of them!
10 Oblivion | in 2013
The film takes place in the post-apocalyptic year 2077. Humans lost the battle with the aliens and were forced to leave Earth. Now they travel in space. From time to time, special groups of earthlings land on the surface of their native planet for reconnaissance.
Jack Harper repairs patrol ships. One day he finds himself on Earth and realizes that there are survivors on it. In addition, Jack finds a wrecked space ship with a beautiful stranger on board. It turns out that strange things are happening in the world that are beyond the control of the human mind, and people are controlled like puppets.
9. Cloud Atlas | 2012
The film consists of six stories that take place in different eras, but are closely related. The past is intertwined with the future. The actions of every person on Earth have consequences that affect the course of world history and the fate of individual people.
It would seem, what is the connection between an ordinary primitive shepherd and a cyber creature from the distant future?
The same actors play the main roles in different stories of Cloud Atlas. Their characters go through stages of reincarnation as the film progresses. One of the directors of the picture was the creators of The Matrix.
8. Changers of reality | 2011
The film tells about the young and successful politician David, whose career developed rapidly, but his personal life did not work out. After his meeting with a sweet girl, ballerina Eliza, everything changed. David fell in love with this charming creature. But no matter how hard he tried to find an approach to the beauty, nothing worked. Gradually, the protagonist of the film begins to understand that someone strongly does not want these young people to start a relationship. But he does not back down from his intention to be closer to Eliza.
7. Dark city | 1998
The “Dark City” tells about earthlings abducted by aliens. The action of the picture begins to unfold in the forties of the last century in the United States. With the film “The Matrix” this fantastic film is related by the ingenious selection of the musical sequence that accompanies the whole story told in the film. It has a mesmerizing effect on the audience. In its unique atmosphere, the film is also very reminiscent of The Matrix.
6. Thirteenth floor | 1999
The 13th floor of the building belonged to a mysterious computer corporation, which employed brilliant programmers who create the perfect virtual reality. But in parallel with this, mysterious murders began to occur. You can open them only by being in the same virtual reality.
With The Matrix, The Thirteenth Floor is related to the idea of the illusory nature of the world, which is actually not as real as it seems to many of us. The action of both films takes place in virtual spaces that are intertwined with the world of living people.
5. Island | 2005
The action of the action-packed fantasy action movie takes place in 2019 after a global catastrophe on our planet. Almost all people disappeared from the face of the Earth, and a few survivors had to move to specially isolated complexes, where they are constantly monitored. Lotteries are held in these places. Its winners settle on the only habitable island on Earth.
The protagonist of the film really wanted to be among these lucky ones, but one day he found out that in fact the winners of the lottery become only guinea pigs, who are killed after the completion of another experiment.
4. Lucy | 2014
The most ordinary girl Lucy ended up in Taiwan, where she began to learn Chinese. Once she received an offer from a friend related to the possibility of additional income. To do this, she needs to deliver the case to a certain place. Lucy didn’t know what was in it.
It was later revealed that she was hired by the Korean mafia. The girl is forced to deal with the transportation of drugs sewn up in her stomach. The bandits treated Lucy very cruelly. Once, after being hit in the stomach, a bag of drugs inside the girl’s body exploded. She survived and completely transformed into the most dangerous and unpredictable creature in the world.
3. Especially dangerous | 2008
Wesley Gibson has always been considered a whiner and a bore. He practically did not leave his office at work and endured various humiliations from his superiors, as well as betrayal from his girlfriend. The guy was extremely dissatisfied with his life. Later, he learned information about his father, who left Wesley a long time ago. It turned out that he was brutally murdered.
Gibson, by coincidence, becomes a member of the Brotherhood, a secret society of assassins, where he learns from a successful hitman and a beautiful girl named Fox. Gradually, from an office loser, Wesley becomes a talented assassin with superhuman speed and lightning-fast reaction. During the first task, Gibson realizes that the world is very complex and that he is just a cog in a global mechanism, but Wesley wants to lead his own life.
2. Home | 2010
Director Christopher Nolan shot the fantastic thriller Inception, which, in terms of idea and general atmosphere, has much in common with The Matrix. At first, viewers may think that it is about classic industrial espionage.
Dominic Cobb managed to develop the latest technology with which people can have the same dreams. During the experiment, the film’s protagonist encounters a projection of his wife, who had previously committed suicide. She ended up in the illusory world of Limbo and decided not to return to reality.
Dominic will have to think about fundamental questions about the place of illusions in human life. He will want to learn how to manage feelings and understand what responsibility to loved ones is.
1. Equilibrium | 2002
Is it possible to establish permanent peace on Earth? This theme is explored in the film by its creators. In Liberia, a society was created that completely abandoned emotions and feelings. Friendship, love, envy, hatred… All this disappeared from the lives of people who were forbidden to communicate with animals, listen to music and read books. Liberians live under the influence of a special drug that acts to suppress any emotion.
The country has created a special department for the observance of the rule of law in the country and the destruction of protesters. A few rebels managed to preserve the best examples of world culture. John Preston faithfully served the authorities and fought against dissidents until he himself joined the rebels, as in Neo’s “Matrix” to the detachment of Morpheus.