It's been a while since Keanu Reeves hit our screens in The Matrix and changed how we tackle action scenes. Watch to see how these fight scenes were originally staged and shot.
Release date: 11 June 1999 (United Kingdom)
Directors: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski
Network: Village Roadshow Pictures
Producer: Joel Silver
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Laurence Fishbourne
Cinematographer: Bill Pope
Editor: Zach Staenberg
Synopsis: Thomas Anderson, a computer programmer, is led to fight an underground war against powerful computers who have constructed his entire reality with a system called the Matrix.
Stunts
Shea Adams - stunt double: Agent Brown
Ray Anthony - stunts
Greg Blandy - stunts
Richard Boué - stunts (as Richard Boue)
Bob Bowles - stunt double: Cypher
Scott Brewer - stunts
Dave Brown – stunts
Todd Bryant - stunt
Sebastiano Cartier - stunt rigger
Mick Corrigan - stunts
Harry Dakanalis - stunts
Dar Davies - stunts
Paul Doyle - stunt double: Neo/Agent Smith
Nash Edgerton - stunt double: Mouse
Brian Ellison - stunts
Terry Flanagan – stunts
Gary Fry - stunts
Scotty Gregory - stunts
Johnny Hallyday - stunts
Nigel Harbach - stunt double: Agent Jones
Lou Horvath – stunts
Nigel King - stunts
Alex Kiss - stunts
Alex Kuzelicki - stunts
Ian Lind - stunts
Tony Lynch - stunts
Andre McCoy - stunt double: Morpheus (as Andre 'Chyna' McCoy)
Scott McLean – stunts
Chris Mitchell - stunts
Darren Andrew Mitchell - stunts (as Darren Mitchell)
Steve Morris - stunts
Brett Praed - stunts
Luke Quinton - stunt performer
Brit Sooby - stunts
Sotiri Sotiropoulos - stunts
Chad Stahelski - stunt double: Neo
Gillian Statham - stunt double: Switch
Leon Stripp - stunt assistant
Glenn Suter - stunts (as Glenn Sutor)
Darko Tuscan - stunt double: Neo (as Darko Tuskan)
Bernadette Van Gyen - stunts
Marijke Rikki van Gyen - stunts (as Marijke Van Gyen)
Annette Van Moorsel - stunt double: Trinity
Mick Van Moorsel - stunts
Warwick Young - stunts
Mick Corrigan - stunt double (uncredited)
Charlie Estepp - stunts (uncredited)
Dwayne McGee - stunts (uncredited)
Tim Storms - stunt trainer (uncredited)
More behind the scenes action here.
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