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# PG SLUGLINE
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2 INT. HEART O' THE CITY HOTEL - NIGHT 2
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5 EXT. HEART O' THE CITY HOTEL 5
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11 EXT. STREET 11
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12 INT. NEO'S APARTMENT 12
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13 INT. APARTMENT 13
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14 INT. NEO'S APARTMENT 14
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17 INT. NEO'S CUBICLE 17
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18 INT. EMPTY OFFICE 18
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20 INT. INTERROGATION ROOM 20
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21 INT. NEO'S APARTMENT - NIGHT 21
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A23 EXT. DARK STREET A23
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27 INT. HOTEL LAFAYETTE 27
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29 INT. OTHER ROOM 29
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30 INT. POWER PLANT - CLOSE ON MAN'S BODY 30
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33 INT. HOVERCRAFT 33
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36 INT. NEO'S ROOM 36
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38 INT. MAIN DECK 38
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39 INT. CONSTRUCT 39
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A40 INT. POWER PLANT A40
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43 INT. NEO'S ROOM 43
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44 INT. HOVERCRAFT 44
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46 INT. MAIN DECK 46
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51 INT. DOJO 51
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60 INT. MAIN DECK 60
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63 EXT. CITY STREET - TRAINING PROGRAM - DAY 63
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64 EXT. SEWER MAIN 64
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69 INT. COCKPIT 69
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71 INT. MAIN DECK 71
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A71 INT. RESTAURANT - NIGHT A71
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72 INT. MESS HALL 72
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74 INT. CAR 74
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75 EXT. BUILDING 75
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78 INT. HALL 78
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79 INT. ORACLE'S APARTMENT 79
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80 INT. KITCHEN 80
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82 INT. CAR 82
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89 INT. HOTEL LAFAYETTE - DAY 89
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110 INT. ROOM 608 - DAY 110
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117 INT. ROOM 608 - DAY 117
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123 INT. MAIN DECK 123
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127 INT. MAIN DECK 127
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139 EXT. GOVERNMENT BUILDING - DAY 139
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141 INT. MAIN DECK 141
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143 INT. MAIN DECK 143
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144 INT. EXECUTIVE OFFICE - DAY 144
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150 INT. GOVERNMENT BUILDING - DAY 150
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152 INT. ELEVATORS - DAY 152
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157 EXT. ROOF - DAY 157
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161 INT. EXECUTIVE OFFICE - DAY 161
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164 EXT. GOVERNMENT BUILDING - DAY 164
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169 EXT. ROOFTOP - DAY 169
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174 INT. SUBWAY STATION - DAY 174
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180 INT. SUBWAY STATION - DAY 180
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183 EXT. CITY STREET - DAY 183
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190 EXT. OPEN MARKET 190
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201 EXT. ALLEY - DAY 201
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207 INT. HALL - DAY 207
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213 INT. HALL 213
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218 INT. HOVERCRAFT 218
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# PG SLUGLINE
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by Larry and Andy Wachowski NUMBERED SHOOTING SCRIPT March 29, 1998
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2 INT. HEART O' THE CITY HOTEL - NIGHT 2
2 INT. HEART O' THE CITY HOTEL - NIGHT 2
2 INT. HEART O' THE CITY HOTEL - NIGHT 2 The hotel was abandoned after a fire licked its way across the polyester carpeting, destroying several rooms as it spooled soot up the walls and ceiling, leaving patterns of permanent shadow.
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5 EXT. HEART O' THE CITY HOTEL 5
5 EXT. HEART O' THE CITY HOTEL 5
5 EXT. HEART O' THE CITY HOTEL 5 Agent Brown enters the hotel while Agent Smith heads for the alley. 6 INT. HEART O' THE CITY HOTEL 6 Trinity is on the phone, pacing. The other end is
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11 EXT. STREET 11
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11 EXT. STREET 11 Trinity emerges from the shadows of an alley and, at the end of the block, in a pool of white street light, she sees it -- The telephone booth.
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12 INT. NEO'S APARTMENT 12
12 INT. NEO'S APARTMENT 12
12 INT. NEO'S APARTMENT 12 It is a studio apartment that seems overgrown with technology. Weed-like cables coil everywhere, duct-taped into thickets that wind up and around the legs of several
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13 INT. APARTMENT 13
13 INT. APARTMENT 13
13 INT. APARTMENT 13 An older apartment; a series of halls connects a chain of small high-ceilinged rooms lined with heavy casements. Smoke hangs like a veil, blurring the few lights there are.
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14 INT. NEO'S APARTMENT 14
14 INT. NEO'S APARTMENT 14
14 INT. NEO'S APARTMENT 14 The sound is an ALARM CLOCK, slowly dragging Neo to consciousness. He strains to read the clock-face: 9:15 A.M. NEO
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17 INT. NEO'S CUBICLE 17
17 INT. NEO'S CUBICLE 17
17 INT. NEO'S CUBICLE 17 The entire floor looks like a human honeycomb, with a labyrinth of cubicles structured around a core of elevators. VOICE (O.S.)
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18 INT. EMPTY OFFICE 18
18 INT. EMPTY OFFICE 18
18 INT. EMPTY OFFICE 18 The room is empty. MORPHEUS (V.O.) Good. Outside there is a scaffold. NEO
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20 INT. INTERROGATION ROOM 20
20 INT. INTERROGATION ROOM 20
20 INT. INTERROGATION ROOM 20 CLOSE ON a camera monitor; a wide angle view of a white room where Neo is sitting at a table alone. We MOVE INTO the monitor, entering the room as if the monitor was a window.
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21 INT. NEO'S APARTMENT - NIGHT 21
21 INT. NEO'S APARTMENT - NIGHT 21
21 INT. NEO'S APARTMENT - NIGHT 21 Screaming, Neo bolts upright in bed. He realizes that he is home. Was it a dream? His mouth is normal. His stomach looks fine. He starts to take a deep, everything-is-okay breath when --
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A23 EXT. DARK STREET A23
A23 EXT. DARK STREET A23
A23 EXT. DARK STREET A23 A moment later the green street lights curve over the car's tinted windshield as it rushes through the wet underworld. 24 INT. CAR 24
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27 INT. HOTEL LAFAYETTE 27
27 INT. HOTEL LAFAYETTE 27
27 INT. HOTEL LAFAYETTE 27 It is a place of putrefying elegance, a rotting host of urban maggotry. Trinity leads Neo from the stairwell down the hall of the thirteenth floor. They stop outside room 1313.
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29 INT. OTHER ROOM 29
29 INT. OTHER ROOM 29
29 INT. OTHER ROOM 29 He leads Neo into the other room, which is cramped with high-tech equipment, glowing ash-blue and electric green from the racks of monitors. Trinity, Apoc, Switch and Cypher look up as they enter.
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30 INT. POWER PLANT - CLOSE ON MAN'S BODY 30
30 INT. POWER PLANT - CLOSE ON MAN'S BODY 30
30 INT. POWER PLANT - CLOSE ON MAN'S BODY 30 floating in a magenta amnion. (CONTINUED) THE MATRIX - Rev. 3/9/98 33.
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33 INT. HOVERCRAFT 33
33 INT. HOVERCRAFT 33
33 INT. HOVERCRAFT 33 The metal harness opens and drops the half-conscious Neo onto the floor. Human hands and arms help him up as he finds himself looking straight at Morpheus. He smiles.
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36 INT. NEO'S ROOM 36
36 INT. NEO'S ROOM 36
36 INT. NEO'S ROOM 36 Neo wakes up from a deep sleep, feeling better. He begins to examine himself. There is a futuristic IV plugged into the jack in his forearm. He pulls it out, staring at the grafted outlet.
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38 INT. MAIN DECK 38
38 INT. MAIN DECK 38
38 INT. MAIN DECK 38 Everyone is there. MORPHEUS This is the main deck. You know most of my crew.
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39 INT. CONSTRUCT 39
39 INT. CONSTRUCT 39
39 INT. CONSTRUCT 39 Neo is standing in an empty, blank-white space. MORPHEUS This is the Construct. Startled, Neo whips around and finds Morpheus now in the
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A40 INT. POWER PLANT A40
A40 INT. POWER PLANT A40
A40 INT. POWER PLANT A40 From the yawning black of the waste port, we begin to PULL BACK as it snaps shut. Red amniotic gel flows into the pod below us, pooling around a tiny newborn that suckles its feed tube.
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43 INT. NEO'S ROOM 43
43 INT. NEO'S ROOM 43
43 INT. NEO'S ROOM 43 He blinks, regaining consciousness. The room is dark. Neo is stretched out on his bed. NEO I can't go back, can I?
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44 INT. HOVERCRAFT 44
44 INT. HOVERCRAFT 44
44 INT. HOVERCRAFT 44 There is no morning; there is only darkness and then the fluorescent light sticks flicker on. 45 INT. NEO'S ROOM 45 Neo is awake in his bed, staring up at the lights. The
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46 INT. MAIN DECK 46
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46 INT. MAIN DECK 46 Neo is plugged in, hanging in one of the suspension chairs. (CONTINUED)
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51 INT. DOJO 51
51 INT. DOJO 51
51 INT. DOJO 51 Neo's face is knotted, teeth clenched, as he hurls himself at Morpheus. MORPHEUS Good. Adaptation. Improvisation.
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60 INT. MAIN DECK 60
60 INT. MAIN DECK 60
60 INT. MAIN DECK 60 They break up. MOUSE What does it mean? SWITCH
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63 EXT. CITY STREET - TRAINING PROGRAM - DAY 63
63 EXT. CITY STREET - TRAINING PROGRAM - DAY 63
63 EXT. CITY STREET - TRAINING PROGRAM - DAY 63 Morpheus moves effortlessly through a crowded downtown street while Neo struggles to keep up, constantly bumped and shouldered off the path. MORPHEUS
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64 EXT. SEWER MAIN 64
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64 EXT. SEWER MAIN 64 The Nebuchadnezzar blisters by, trailing a swirling, supercharged, electromagnetic wake. 65 INT. COCKPIT 65 Morpheus slides into the copilot's chair next to Dozer.
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69 INT. COCKPIT 69
69 INT. COCKPIT 69
69 INT. COCKPIT 69 Neo leans into Trinity's ear. (CONTINUED) 69 CONTINUED: 69
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71 INT. MAIN DECK 71
71 INT. MAIN DECK 71
71 INT. MAIN DECK 71 The core glows with monitor light. Cypher is in the operator's chair as Neo comes up behind him. CYPHER Whoa! Shit, Neo, you scared the
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A71 INT. RESTAURANT - NIGHT A71
A71 INT. RESTAURANT - NIGHT A71
A71 INT. RESTAURANT - NIGHT A71 CHAMBER MUSIC and the ambiance of wealth soak the restaurant around us as we watch a serrated knife saw through a thick, gorgeous steak. The meat is so perfect, charred on the outside, oozing red juice from the inside,
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72 INT. MESS HALL 72
72 INT. MESS HALL 72
72 INT. MESS HALL 72 CLOSE ON breakfast, a substance with a consistency somewhere between yogurt and cellulite. TANK Here you go, buddy. Breakfast of
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74 INT. CAR 74
74 INT. CAR 74
74 INT. CAR 74 Neo sits beside Trinity in the back. He cannot stop staring as the simple images of the urban street blur past his window like an endless stream of data rushing down a computer screen.
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75 EXT. BUILDING 75
75 EXT. BUILDING 75
75 EXT. BUILDING 75 Tenement-like and vast, it is the kind of place where people can disappear. 76 INT. BUILDING 76 Morpheus nods to a blind man who nods back. An elevator
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78 INT. HALL 78
78 INT. HALL 78
78 INT. HALL 78 The long dark hall beckons. Neo follows Morpheus out of the elevator and the DOORS RATTLE shut behind him. With every step, a disturbing sense of inevitability closes in around him.
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79 INT. ORACLE'S APARTMENT 79
79 INT. ORACLE'S APARTMENT 79
79 INT. ORACLE'S APARTMENT 79 It seems particularly normal. PRIESTESS Make yourself at home, Morpheus. (CONTINUED)
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80 INT. KITCHEN 80
80 INT. KITCHEN 80
80 INT. KITCHEN 80 An OLD WOMAN is huddled beside the oven, peering inside through a cracked door. NEO Hello?
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82 INT. CAR 82
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82 INT. CAR 82 Neo and Morpheus get in the car. MORPHEUS Let's go. Cypher looks into the rearview mirror at Neo.
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89 INT. HOTEL LAFAYETTE - DAY 89
89 INT. HOTEL LAFAYETTE - DAY 89
89 INT. HOTEL LAFAYETTE - DAY 89 Trinity turns around, her face tight. TRINITY What did you just say? NEO
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110 INT. ROOM 608 - DAY 110
110 INT. ROOM 608 - DAY 110
110 INT. ROOM 608 - DAY 110 The cops search in silence, straining for a clue, when one hears SOMETHING STRANGE near the bathroom. 111 INT. WALL - DAY 111 Cypher has slipped and is wedged between the wall and
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117 INT. ROOM 608 - DAY 117
117 INT. ROOM 608 - DAY 117
117 INT. ROOM 608 - DAY 117 Morpheus and Agent Smith remain on the ground, locked in each other's death grip. AGENT SMITH The great Morpheus. We meet at
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123 INT. MAIN DECK 123
123 INT. MAIN DECK 123
123 INT. MAIN DECK 123 The PHONE RINGS. Tank answers. TRINITY (V.O.) Tank, it's me. 124 EXT. STREET - DAY 124
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127 INT. MAIN DECK 127
127 INT. MAIN DECK 127
127 INT. MAIN DECK 127 Tank punches the exit command. TANK Got him. Cypher's body twitches in its harness, jerking itself
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139 EXT. GOVERNMENT BUILDING - DAY 139
139 EXT. GOVERNMENT BUILDING - DAY 139
139 EXT. GOVERNMENT BUILDING - DAY 139 A government highrise in the middle of downtown where a military helicopter sets down on the roof. Agent Jones gets out of the helicopter, flanked by columns of Marines. They open the roof access door and
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141 INT. MAIN DECK 141
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141 INT. MAIN DECK 141 Tank drapes a sheet over his dead brother. The other bodies are covered. Neo looks at Morpheus, whose body is covered with a cold sweat.
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143 INT. MAIN DECK 143
143 INT. MAIN DECK 143
143 INT. MAIN DECK 143 Tank kneels beside Morpheus's body. Neo suddenly sees it perfectly clear, fate rushing at him like an oncoming train. TANK
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144 INT. EXECUTIVE OFFICE - DAY 144
144 INT. EXECUTIVE OFFICE - DAY 144
144 INT. EXECUTIVE OFFICE - DAY 144 Agent Smith sits casually across from Morpheus who is hunched over, his body leaking and twitching. AGENT SMITH I'd like to share a revelation
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150 INT. GOVERNMENT BUILDING - DAY 150
150 INT. GOVERNMENT BUILDING - DAY 150
150 INT. GOVERNMENT BUILDING - DAY 150 In long black coats, Trinity and Neo push through the revolving doors. Neo is carrying a duffel bag. Trinity has a large metal suitcase. They cut across the lobby to the security
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152 INT. ELEVATORS - DAY 152
152 INT. ELEVATORS - DAY 152
152 INT. ELEVATORS - DAY 152 They get in. Trinity immediately drops and opens the suitcase, wiring a plastique and napalm bomb. Neo hits the emergency stop. He pulls down part of the false ceiling and finds the elevator shaft access panel.
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157 EXT. ROOF - DAY 157
157 EXT. ROOF - DAY 157
157 EXT. ROOF - DAY 157 The roof-access tower is now engulfed in flames as Neo and Trinity stand amongst a pile of their fallen enemies. Across the roof, the PILOT inside the army helicopter watches the last of their ferocious onslaught.
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161 INT. EXECUTIVE OFFICE - DAY 161
161 INT. EXECUTIVE OFFICE - DAY 161
161 INT. EXECUTIVE OFFICE - DAY 161 Agent Jones throws open the door and enters, walking through the puddles pooling in the carpet. Over the RUSHING WATER and the ALARMS, Agent Smith hears a sound and understands the seriousness of the attack.
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164 EXT. GOVERNMENT BUILDING - DAY 164
164 EXT. GOVERNMENT BUILDING - DAY 164
164 EXT. GOVERNMENT BUILDING - DAY 164 Trinity pulls the copter up and away as Agent Smith stands in the shattered window, aiming his GUN out through the curtain of rain. PONK. PONK. PONK. The rear hull is punched full of
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169 EXT. ROOFTOP - DAY 169
169 EXT. ROOFTOP - DAY 169
169 EXT. ROOFTOP - DAY 169 We rush at the roof access door as it suddenly slams open and the three Agents charge out. But Neo, Trinity and Morpheus are already gone. AGENT SMITH
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174 INT. SUBWAY STATION - DAY 174
174 INT. SUBWAY STATION - DAY 174
174 INT. SUBWAY STATION - DAY 174 The destroyed phone dangles in the empty booth. Neo turns to Agent Smith whose gun stares at him like a third eye. AGENT SMITH
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180 INT. SUBWAY STATION - DAY 180
180 INT. SUBWAY STATION - DAY 180
180 INT. SUBWAY STATION - DAY 180 Agent Smith grabs hold of him, lifting him into the air, hurling him against the curved wall of the train tunnel, where he falls inches from the electrified third-rail. The Agent is about to jump down and press his attack when
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183 EXT. CITY STREET - DAY 183
183 EXT. CITY STREET - DAY 183
183 EXT. CITY STREET - DAY 183 A BUSINESSMAN walks along the sidewalk, wheeling and dealing into his cell phone when it disappears, snatched by Neo as he flashes by. MAN (BUSINESSMAN)
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190 EXT. OPEN MARKET 190
190 EXT. OPEN MARKET 190
190 EXT. OPEN MARKET 190 Neo spins away, turning, and finds himself in an open market that teems with people. He kamikazes his way down the little avenues lined with vendors and shops, careening through the labyrinth, out of
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201 EXT. ALLEY - DAY 201
201 EXT. ALLEY - DAY 201
201 EXT. ALLEY - DAY 201 Neo scrambles up the fire escape, BULLETS SPARKING and RICOCHETING around him as Agents Brown and Jones close the gap. A201 INT. HALL - DAY A201
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207 INT. HALL - DAY 207
207 INT. HALL - DAY 207
207 INT. HALL - DAY 207 Kneeling beside him, Agent Brown checks his vital signs. AGENT BROWN He's gone. Agent Smith smiles, standing over him.
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213 INT. HALL 213
213 INT. HALL 213
213 INT. HALL 213 Agent Smith screams, his calm machine-like expression shredding with pure rage. He rushes Neo. His attack is ferocious but Neo blocks each blow easily. Then with one quick strike to the
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218 INT. HOVERCRAFT 218
218 INT. HOVERCRAFT 218
218 INT. HOVERCRAFT 218 In the still darkness, only the humans are alive. TRINITY Neo? His eyes open. Tears pour from her smiling eyes as he
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The matrix

A cyberpunk action-thriller in which a small band of freedom fighters infiltrates the enemy’s simulation to save mankind’s savior — but internal betrayal threatens the mission and forces their newest recruit to transcend human limits.

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Unique Selling Point

The Matrix offers a unique fusion of cyberpunk action, philosophical depth, and revolutionary visual storytelling that redefined science fiction cinema. Its exploration of reality versus simulation, combined with groundbreaking action sequences and a compelling messianic narrative, creates an immersive experience that appeals to both mainstream audiences and intellectual viewers. The screenplay's ability to balance complex ideas with visceral action makes it stand out in the genre.

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Average Score: 9.1
Key Takeaways
For the Writer:
The script is cinematic and conceptually brilliant, but its emotional payoffs would be stronger if a few targeted character and structural fixes were made. The single biggest creative gain comes from deepening the human groundwork for betrayals and losses—most notably Cypher’s turn—and from shifting some heavy exposition out of speeches and into visual, action-driven beats. Seed Cypher’s dissatisfaction earlier with short, specific micro‑scenes; add 2–3 brief connective moments that make the crew feel like family (small rituals, private tensions, a line or two of meaningful backstory); and trim or translate long monologues (Morpheus/Smith/Oracle) into dramatized revelations so the audience experiences discovery rather than being told it.
For Executives:
This screenplay is high‑value: a marketable, visually distinctive property with deep intellectual hooks and clear tent‑pole action sequences that justify production investment. The primary risk is emotional distance—some key betrayals and deaths land as plot beats rather than earned losses because supporting characters lack seeded motivation. Addressing this requires modest rewrites (small added scenes and tighter exposition) rather than reshoots or VFX changes, which will materially increase audience engagement and reduce studio notes. Fixing character scaffolding is a low‑cost, high‑return move to protect commercial upside and awards potential.
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Story Facts

Genres: Science Fiction, Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Drama, Dystopian, Fantasy

Setting: Late 20th century, primarily set in the year 1999 and extending into a dystopian future., Various locations including a digital Matrix environment, urban settings in a city, and the hovercraft Nebuchadnezzar in the real world.

Themes: Reality vs. Illusion, Choice and Free Will, Self-Identity and Transformation, The Nature of Love, Resistance and Rebellion

Conflict & Stakes: The struggle between humanity and the machines controlling the Matrix, with Neo's journey to realize his potential as 'the One' and save humanity at stake.

Mood: Intense, suspenseful, and thought-provoking.

Standout Features:

  • Unique Hook: The concept of a simulated reality controlled by machines, challenging perceptions of reality.
  • Major Twist: Neo's transformation from a confused hacker to a powerful savior who can manipulate the Matrix.
  • Distinctive Setting: The contrast between the bleak real world and the vibrant, chaotic digital Matrix.
  • Innovative Ideas: The use of bullet-time photography and groundbreaking special effects to depict action.
  • Unique Characters: Complex characters like Neo, Trinity, and Morpheus, each with their own arcs and motivations.

Comparable Scripts: Inception, The Matrix (1999), Ghost in the Shell, Dark City, Blade Runner, The Adjustment Bureau, Westworld, Altered Carbon, The Thirteenth Floor

Script Level Analysis

Writer Exec

This section delivers a top-level assessment of the screenplay’s strengths and weaknesses — covering overall quality (P/C/R/HR), character development, emotional impact, thematic depth, narrative inconsistencies, and the story’s core philosophical conflict. It helps identify what’s resonating, what needs refinement, and how the script aligns with professional standards.

Screenplay Insights

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Overall Score: 9.31
Key Suggestions:
Tighten emotional focus by deepening the secondary characters (especially Tank and Cypher) and by embedding exposition inside behavior/action rather than large info-dumps. Give small but specific beats that reveal loyalties, fear, and regrets early—one or two brief scenes or lines that make Cypher’s yearning for the Matrix and Tank’s personal stakes tangible. Also, whenever philosophical exposition appears, let it be shown visually or through character-driven conflict so it feels earned, not lectured.
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Story Critique

Big-picture feedback on the story’s clarity, stakes, cohesion, and engagement.

Key Suggestions:
The script's core is excellent — a high-concept, emotionally resonant hero's journey with standout action beats and philosophical depth. The primary creative fix is to slim down explicit exposition and let the film's ideas emerge through stakes, character choices, and visual storytelling. Deepen Trinity as a three-dimensional lead with an arc independent of Neo, make Cypher's betrayal feel earned by planting earlier emotional and ideological clues, and integrate the Oracle/prophecy material into character dilemmas rather than plot-rescue moments. Small structural trims (tighten party/early scenes) and more show-not-tell during the middle act will keep momentum without sacrificing the film's themes.
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Characters

Explores the depth, clarity, and arc of the main and supporting characters.

Key Suggestions:
Neo's hero journey is strong and delivers the film's emotional payoff, but several character beats need tighter scaffolding so his transformation feels earned rather than sudden. Add a few early, specific moments that show Neo's hacker skillset, personal stakes and small victories/failures (short flashbacks, a named past mission, or a subtle on-screen artifact) and use those to echo later training and rescue sequences. At the same time, shore up supporting players (give Trinity a concise pre-Resistance hint of backstory and a clearer midpoint moment of doubt; humanize Morpheus with one private moment of vulnerability) so their choices better motivate Neo and raise audience investment. Finally, seed Agent Smith’s growing sentience subtly earlier to make his later breakdown more believable.
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Emotional Analysis

Breaks down the emotional journey of the audience across the script.

Key Suggestions:
The script has a powerful emotional spine — Neo’s confusion-to-triumph arc and the philosophical beats land strongly — but the middle stretches sustain high-intensity sequences for too long and under-develop secondary players. Insert well-placed emotional valleys (quiet reflection, subtle humor, or small personal moments) in the training and hovercraft/sentinel sequences, and deepen brief, revealing beats for secondary crew (Tank, Dozer, Mouse, Apoc, Switch, Cypher) so their losses and choices register emotionally. Also lengthen immediate aftermaths of major shocks (captures, deaths, resurrection) by a few beats to let the audience process and connect with the payoff.
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Goals and Philosophical Conflict

Evaluates character motivations, obstacles, and sources of tension throughout the plot.

Key Suggestions:
The analysis shows the script's power comes from Neo's inner journey from doubt to belief, anchored by the Free Will vs. Determinism theme. To strengthen the screenplay, sharpen the emotional throughline: make Neo's incremental choices and failures more visible and causally linked to his final awakening. Trim or re-focus scenes that diffuse his internal stakes (excess exposition, training as spectacle) and lean into quieter moments—Trinity's belief, Morpheus' faith, and concrete tests of Neo's resolve—that make the redemptive climax earned rather than miraculous.
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Themes

Analysis of the themes of the screenplay and how well they’re expressed.

Key Suggestions:
The analysis identifies self-identity and the search for truth as the spine of the story, supported by reality-vs-illusion, choice/free will, love, and rebellion. To strengthen the script, focus on making Neo’s inner transformation more incremental and visible onscreen: show concrete, escalating moments of choice that shift his self-perception, and anchor big philosophical beats in intimate, character-driven scenes (especially the Trinity/Neo relationship). Trim or dramatize heavy exposition sequences so theme moments emerge through action and decision rather than long monologues. Also, consolidate recurring motifs (phones, code, the red/blue pill) to create clearer thematic punctuation and tighter pacing across the set-pieces and quieter scenes.
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Logic & Inconsistencies

Highlights any contradictions, plot holes, or logic gaps that may confuse viewers.

Key Suggestions:
The script’s primary weaknesses are rooted in motivation and causal logic rather than spectacle. Cypher’s betrayal reads as plot-driven rather than character-driven and undercuts the emotional stakes; Neo’s leap from doubt to mastery happens too abruptly and contradicts the Oracle beat, weakening the payoff; and several mechanical rules about entering/exiting the Matrix and the crew’s security are inconsistent. Fixing these requires targeted, low-to-medium-effort rewrites: deepen Cypher’s arc with earlier scenes that show his deterioration and temptation, add a few connective beats that make Neo’s internal growth believable (or reframe the Oracle’s line as paradoxical guidance), and tighten the operational logic (show how Cypher circumvented ship security or foreshadow vulnerability). These fixes preserve the film’s strengths (philosophy + action) while restoring emotional credibility.
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Scene Analysis

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Writer Exec

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Unique Voice

Assesses the distinctiveness and personality of the writer's voice.

Key Suggestions:
Your voice is powerful: visceral imagery, taut dialogue, and intellectual weight give the script emotional and thematic heft. To strengthen it, anchor the philosophical exposition in character choices and physical beats. Trim or redistribute dense blocks of technobabble and “tell” dialogue—let visual detail, small gestures, and consequence-driven actions carry the ideas. Keep the visceral descriptive language (it’s a major strength) but vary rhythm and shorten where it slows the action; tighten dialogue so each line advances plot, reveals character, or reframes the theme.
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Writer's Craft

Analyzes the writing to help the writer be aware of their skill and improve.

Key Suggestions:
You have strong instincts for visual storytelling, high-stakes action and thematic ambition. To lift the script from impressive set-pieces to a truly resonant feature, prioritize the inner life and measurable arcs of your protagonists and anchor every scene to those arcs. Tighten scene purpose and pacing so that exposition, action and emotional beats amplify one another (not compete). Work on layered dialogue and subtext so characters reveal motivation and change through choice and conflict rather than explanation. Practical next steps: draft detailed character arcs, map each scene to a single dramatic objective, and rework dialogue scenes to show rather than tell.
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Memorable Lines
Spotlights standout dialogue lines with emotional or thematic power.
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Tropes
Highlights common or genre-specific tropes found in the script.
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World Building

Evaluates the depth, consistency, and immersion of the story's world.

Key Suggestions:
The script’s world is rich and iconic — a starkly decrepit ‘real’ versus a polished, mutable Matrix — but it sometimes relies on exposition and spectacle over clear, consistent rules and emotional tethering. Tighten the causal logic between the two worlds, show (don’t tell) the Matrix’s mechanics through character choices and constraints, and deepen sensory contrasts so the environment always reflects character stakes. Focus scenes on how the settings force characters to make consequential choices, and trim or rework sequences that exist mainly to display tech or action without advancing Neo’s emotional arc or the resistance’s strategic dilemmas.
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Correlations

Identifies patterns in scene scores.

Key Suggestions:
The analysis shows a strong, consistent pulse of intensity and mystery that powers the script’s best moments—but it also risks flattening emotional texture and numbing impact. Prioritize deliberate tonal contrast: insert quieter, character-driven beats (internal conflict, small revelations, or everyday details) between high-stakes sequences; spread key reveals more evenly so each lands; and leverage the surreal/philosophical elements as strategic highlights rather than constant background. Also target the 7–8 dialogue moments for tightening—use action or sensory detail to carry philosophical ideas rather than relying solely on exposition.
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Loglines
Presents logline variations based on theme, genre, and hook.
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