The Matrix (1999) Parents Guide & Movie Info
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The Matrix - Family Review

Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.

1999 | 136 Minutes

Rated R for sci-fi violence and brief language
IMDB: 8.7 ⭐️ Votes: 1,915,738

Content Warnings

  • Sexual Content
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    Just two kissing scenes.

    Club scene with scandily clothed women and men.

  • Violence
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    The violence is mostly bloodless with shootouts and stylized martial arts combat that result in little to no blood.

    Violence: 7/10 Moderate violence (Some blood)

    Lots of killings with machine guns, resulting in numerous bodies and little blood.

    There are gunshot wounds on the chests and on the backs of a few people.

    There are numerous martial arts fights with lots of punching and hitting. A few more intense scenes have closeups of people being punched with blood around their mouths.

    Some people get their bodies slammed against walls. Not very brutal.

    Trinity throws a knife into a man's forehead during an action scene, some blood is shown if you pause in the exact moment where he collapses

    An agent is shot at an extremely close range; we don't see the impact in detail but there is a brief red mist.

    A man is shot by a lot of bullets. You briefly see the the impact.

    Neo shoots a few people at a security gate.

  • Profanity
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    Goddamn a few times. Hell. One shit. The songs in the end credits have some uses of fuck.

    Some crude humor.

    One use of the finger in Neo's interrogation.

    Neo says shit 3 times in the beginning when he is late for work.

    Neo says shit throughout the movie.

  • Intense Scenes
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    Typical kung-fu action movie violence but with some horror elements and futuristic machine-like creatures. The special effects are very stylish and not too grotesque. Nothing too intense other than trying to escape from the dystopian authorities and hoping the good guys succeed before they get caught.

    Pretty bold/adventurous movie.

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