The Matrix (1999) is a feature film by Lana and Lilly Wachowski.

Beats include approximate starting times in H:MM format.

Act I: Enter the unknown.

1 OPEN FRAME

0:00 Two voices speak over a monochrome computer terminal.

0:00 A log message appears with timestamp 1998-02-19 13:24:18.

0:03 Trinity calls Morpheus, who directs her to a phone booth. Agents chase Trinity through a city.

5 SET PINS

0:04 Trinity jumps between rooftops. A police officer notes that her jump is physically impossible.

10 RELEASE HERO

0:06 Neo receives a message saying Follow the white rabbit.

0:09 Neo leaves his apartment to follow someone with a white rabbit tattoo.

12 LET IT SLIDE

0:11 Neo and Trinity touch for the first time.

0:11 Neo asks Trinity the forbidden question.

0:13 Neo is arrested by agents but remains defiant.

0:16 Agent Smith repeatedly deadnames Neo in a holding cell.

25 ROLL ON RUG

0:24 Neo learns the bug from last night's nightmare is real.

0:29 Neo takes the red pill. Silver coats his body.

0:32 Neo wakes up covered in cables and dripping with goo.

Act II: Return to the known.

30 FALL INTO PIT

0:33 Neo is dumped from his pod into a dark pool of water.

0:34 Neo recovers from surgery aboard the Nebuchadnezzar.

40 LOOK UNDER HOOD

0:37 Morpheus explains The Matrix to Neo in a simulation.

50 GAZE INTO VOID

0:45 Neo panics, yells Let me out! and vomits.

55 LIFT AND DROP

0:48 Neo's fighting ability is impressive.

0:54 Neo's leaping ability is disappointing.

60 ENTER TUNNEL

1:00 Neo and Cypher discuss porn, moonshine, and The Matrix.

1:03-1:10 Neo eats bland food, travels through run-down areas, waits in a waiting room, and realizes that there is no spoon.

75 TALK TO SOURCE

1:12 Neo meets The Oracle.

85 ARREST HERO

1:22 Agent Smith attacks Neo and captures Morpheus.

1:25 Cypher reveals his secret deal by killing most of the crew.

Act III: Finish the job.

90 ENLIGHTEN HERO

1:34 Neo believes he has the ability to rescue Morpheus.

100 ROLL AGAIN

1:40 Neo and Trinity enter combat against security guards, a SWAT team, several agents, and a helicopter gunship.

110 RETURN AGAIN

2:03 Neo and Trinity kiss inside and outside The Matrix.

2:08 Neo plans to show all humans that The Matrix is not real.

120 UPDATE SCORE

2:08 Neo hangs up a phone and flies away from a phone booth.