The Wachowskis "The Matrix", a science fiction action film, in 1999. The movie stars Keanu Reeves as Neo, a hacker recruited by a rebellion to aid them in the fight against machines who have taken over the world and placed humanity inside a simulated reality called "the Matrix". Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving and Joe Pantoliano also star. The movie was a critical and commercial hit for Warner Bros. It won four Academy Awards, including for "Best Visual Effects" for popularizing the bullet time visual effect. "The Matrix" came to be a major influence for action movies and has appeared in
Keanu (film) 22, 2016, but in January 2016 the film was moved back a week to April 29, 2016. Posters for the film spoofed "The Martian", "The Revenant", "", "The Big Short", "", "Bad Boys II", "Scarface", "", "Speed", "The Matrix" and "Deadpool". In the United States and Canada, "Keanu" opened alongside "Mother's Day" and "Ratchet & Clank", and was projected to gross $10–14 million from 2,658 theaters in its opening weekend. The film made $3.5 million on its first day, including $560,000 from Thursday night previews. The film went on to gross $9.5 million in its opening weekend, finishing third at