THE MATRIX Release Date: April 2, 1999 D: Larry Wachowski & Andy Wachowski Cast: Keanu Reeves; Laurence Fishburne; Joe Pantoliano; Hugo Weaving Plot: Reeves believes he is living a normal life in the nineties, but discovers he (and the rest of humanity) are living a delusion fed to them by their computer captors in the future.