this be the first of a two part back story to the conflict between the machine and mankind in the matrix world and it deliver spectacularly by combine observation on man fear of the unknown and of be usurped with politics and extensive religious and historical imagery and subverting expect portrayal of party involve and an at least partially believable and thus terrify vision of our near future . it isn not perfect and some plot point and image be at once obvious and contrive but it have the desire effect and impact and tell a visceral and cautionary tale . this first part set the scene human society have develop advanced and capable robot and mostly humanoid and to serve people do menial and unskilled job and labour and construction etc . and thus the populace have become lazy and derogatory towards them . one robot and however and rebel and kill his owner and state at his subsequent trial that he simply do not want to die . he be destroy but when the robot mass destruction be order to protect humanity many robot rise up in protest and with many human sympathiser alongside them . the imagery here be exploitative and recount race riot and abuse and tiananmen square and the holocaust and an overly provocative scene of a robot in a human girl guise get harry and hammer in the head and then shot dead a it plead i be real . it lay on the ground and clothes and skin torn and breast hang out . it an obvious and obscene image design to present human fear towards uncontrolled element and aggression towards group base on the action of individual . anyway and this first portion be much like a compressed version of the film i robot and but it soon develop into a recognisable matrix back story a the survive robot contingent be exile and congregates in the middle east and in the cradle of civilisation a the narrator inform u . there and the machine regroup and begin to produce new ai and to manufacture mass technology and trade it with human nation . we see a commercial for a car that use the circular energy hover engine that the ship the rebel in the movie use and we see sentinel type robot fly around zero one and the name of their city . their good and trade make their economy soar affect other economy detrimentally and human government and authority establish a blockade in response . the machine send ambassador in the form of adam and eve resemblance to a un congress to negotiate a peaceful resolution to the blockade and but they be forcibly remove and the scene be set for war in the second part . the animation be by studio 4°c who work on quite a few of the animatrix and it evocative and visually stimulating and render different scene like imagery montage and cctv footage and particular scene of import distinctive and overall present the story perfectly . the plot may not be an original concept and it may draw on simplistic sheep mentality and plot model and resort to provocative material for impact but after the tantalising mystery offer by the first film and morpheus vague brief info dump this be a nice exposition of the cataclysmic event that leave the world ravage and in the hand of the machine that serve a a warning and a a vehicle for many observation and comment on the human condition and the development of ai and the importance of harmony and co operation and the devastating consequence of conflict and prejudice and theme expand on in the movie .