The Matrixis one of the films that made cinematic history.

It also apparentlyhelped save a Warner Bros. executive’s job, according toLilly Wachowski.

So what’s the deal with these films?

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The answer lies in the fact thatThe Matrixis driven by a compelling mysterythat its sequels lack.

Neo’s death and resurrection come with the ability to bend the Matrix to his will another mystery.

The Oracle’s mysterious ability to read the future?

Agent Smith stands menacingly over Morpheus who is being held captive in The Matrix.

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Turns out it was because she was a part of the Matrix.

The mysterious Twins (NeilandAdrian Rayment), who can phase through objects and pose a formidable threat?

Morpheus blows up their car, and they never show up again.

Keanu Reeves & Carrie-Anne Moss as Neo & Trinity looking in the same direction in The Matrix Resurrections

But the worst offender is the Architect (Helmut Bakaitis), the “creator” of the Matrix.

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When a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth–the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.

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