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The Matrix Reloaded

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The Matrix Reloaded

Free your mind.

2003138 min7.1/10
ActionThrillerScience Fiction

The Resistance builds in numbers as humans are freed from the Matrix and brought to the city of Zion. Neo discovers his superpowers, including the ability to see the code inside the Matrix. With machine sentinels digging to Zion in 72 hours, Neo, Morpheus and Trinity must find the Keymaker to ultimately reach the Source.

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In The Matrix, computer programmer Thomas Anderson, known online as Neo, is searching for the meaning of a mysterious term: the Matrix. Trinity brings him to Morpheus, who offers him a choice between the familiar world and the truth. Neo takes the red pill and awakens to discover that the world he knew is a computer-generated simulation. Intelligent machines have enslaved much of humanity, while the surviving human resistance operates from the underground city of Zion. Morpheus believes Neo is the One, a figure prophesied to change the war against the machines. Aboard Morpheus's ship, the Nebuchadnezzar, Neo trains to manipulate the rules of the simulation. The crew consults the Oracle, who challenges Neo's belief in his destiny and warns him of a choice involving Morpheus. Their companion Cypher secretly betrays them to the Agents, programs that police the Matrix, in exchange for the chance to return to an unknowing life within it. The ambush leaves several crew members dead and Morpheus captured. Agent Smith interrogates him for access codes that would expose Zion to the machines. Rather than let Morpheus be sacrificed, Neo and Trinity reenter the Matrix and rescue him. Neo confronts Smith, who later shoots and seemingly kills him. Trinity declares her love for Neo, and he revives with the ability to see the Matrix's underlying code, stop bullets and destroy Smith's program. He escapes just as the Nebuchadnezzar uses an electromagnetic pulse to disable attacking machines. The film ends with Neo promising to reveal new possibilities to those living inside the Matrix, while the war against the machines continues.
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A few things worth knowing first

LORE

Agents

Agents are enforcement programs within the Matrix. They can take over the simulated bodies of people still connected to the system and possess speed, strength and reflexes beyond ordinary human limits.

LORE

Zion

Zion is the subterranean human city outside the Matrix and the main refuge of the resistance. Its survival depends on ships, crews and defenses operating in a hostile machine-dominated world.

TERM

Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP)

An electromagnetic pulse is a short burst of electromagnetic energy. A sufficiently strong EMP can disrupt or damage unprotected electronics; its effects depend on the pulse, distance and equipment. In the Matrix universe, resistance ships use EMP weapons against nearby machines.

LORE

The Oracle

The Oracle is an enigmatic program who offers guidance through questions, predictions and conversations about choice. Her advice can be difficult to interpret, raising questions about whether knowing a possible future changes the decisions people make.