At one time, the film "The Matrix" of the Wachowski brothers then turned over 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 simple and understandable?
The Matrix tells about, at first glance, an ordinary office worker Thomas Anderson, who at night becomes a dangerous Neo hacker who breaks into any networks. Once, by the will of providence, he learned about the artificial intelligence that governs all the people who actually exist in the illusory world. Neo is the chosen one. Only he can return people to reality.
Subsequently, several more amazing films were made, similar to The Matrix in terms of plot, ideas and atmosphere. We present to your attention the top 10 of them!
10. Oblivion | 2013
The film takes place in the post-apocalyptic year 2077. Humans lost the battle with 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 home planet for reconnaissance.
Jack Harper repairs patrol ships. Once he finds himself on Earth and realizes that there are surviving people on it. In addition, Jack finds a wrecked spaceship on board which is a beautiful stranger.
It turns out that strange things are happening in the world that are not subject to the human mind, and they control people like puppets.
9. Cloud Atlas | 2012
The film consists of six stories that occur in different eras, but are closely interrelated. 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 the ordinary primitive shepherd and the cyber creature from the distant future?
The main roles in different stories of Cloud Atlas are played by the same actors. Their characters go through reincarnation stages during the film. The creators of The Matrix became one of the film's directors.
8. Changing reality | 2011
The film tells about the young and successful policy of David, whose career developed rapidly, but his personal life did not work out. After his meeting with a sweet girl, ballerina Elisa, everything changed. David fell in love with this charming creature. But no matter how he tried to find an approach to the beauty, nothing came of it. Gradually, the main character of the film begins to realize that someone strongly does not want these young people to have a relationship. But he does not depart from his intention to be closer to Elise.
7. The Dark City | 1998
In the "Dark City" tells of the aliens 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 series that accompanies the whole story told in the picture. 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, in which brilliant programmers worked, creating perfect virtual reality. But in parallel with this, mysterious murders began to occur. You can only reveal them when you are in that same virtual reality.
With the Matrix, the Thirteenth Floor is related by the idea of the illusory nature of a world that 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 few survivors had to move to specially isolated complexes, where they are constantly monitored. A lottery is held in these places. Its winners settle on the only livable island on Earth.
The main character 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 experimental “rabbits” who are killed after the end of the next experiment.
4. Lucy | 2014
The most ordinary girl Lucy was in Taiwan, where she began to study Chinese. Once she received from a friend a proposal related to the possibility of additional earnings. To do this, she needs to deliver the case to a specific place. What is in it, Lucy did not know.
Later it turned out that she was hired by the Korean mafia. The girl is forced to engage in the transport of drugs sewn into her stomach. The bandits were very cruel to Lucy. Once after a blow to the stomach, a drug bag inside the girl’s body exploded. She survived and completely transformed into the most dangerous and unpredictable creature in the world.
3. Particularly dangerous | 2008
Wesley Gibson has always been considered a whiner and a bore. He practically did not leave his office at work and suffered various humiliations from his superiors, as well as treason from his girlfriend. The guy was extremely dissatisfied with his life. He later found out information about his father who left Wesley for a long time. It turned out that he was brutally killed.
By coincidence, Gibson becomes a member of the secret society of hired killers "Brotherhood", where he takes experience from a successful killer and a beautiful girl named Fox. Gradually, from an office loser, Wesley becomes a talented hit man with superhuman speed and lightning fast reaction. During the first assignment, Gibson realizes that the world is very complex and that it is only a cog in the global mechanism, but Wesley wants to lead his own life.
2. The beginning | 2010
Director Christopher Nolan directed the fantastic thriller The Beginning, which, in theory 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 see the same dreams. During the experiment, the protagonist of the film meets with the projection of his wife, who had previously committed suicide. She found herself in the illusory world of Limb and decided not to return to reality.
Dominik 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 will understand what responsibility to loved ones is.
1. Equilibrium | 2002
Is it possible to establish a permanent peace on Earth? This topic in the film is explored by its creators. In Liberia, a society was created that completely abandoned emotions and feelings. Friendship, love, envy, hatred ... All this has 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 emotions.
The country has created a special department for 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 the "Matrix" Neo to the detachment of Morpheus.