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Vaughn Swearingen

Throw Down: The Matrix Reloaded (2003)

Throw Down: The Matrix Reloaded (2003)

Following up The Matrix seems like an impossible task. A flawless film blending decades of influence with spellbinding cinematic energy and stunningly inventive filmmaking technique, what more is there to do? For the Wachowskis, the only thing to do is craft a startlingly idiosyncratic two part cinematic epic that completely

Throw Down: The Matrix (1999)

Throw Down: The Matrix (1999)

Opening with studio logos turned into malleable green code, The Matrix immediately signaled its ethos of rebellion against corporate systems. A verdant haze blankets the film, a visual coding of a false reality, a world that must be shattered, an oppressive existence without freedom or agency. A hapless software developer