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
Alter Ego (soundtrack) to promote the film in the mainstream. Rouvas contributed vocally to five songs on the soundtrack, two of which, namely "One With This World" and "Nothing" were duets with his co-star Doretta Papadimitriou and were performed in the film by the actors as the group "Alter Ego". The song "Suspicious Minds" was written by Mark James and originally performed by Elvis Presley, but was covered by Rouvas. The majority of the songs are performed or titled in English, as was chosen by the film's producers for marketing reasons. Other than Rouvas, vocal performers include Dimitris Wang, Vello Leaf, V-Sag, Alexandra