1. Thomas A. Anderson leads a secret life as a hacker under the alias "Neo" and wishes to learn the answer to the question "What is the Matrix?”
20. Cryptic messages appear on Neo’s computer monitor, which lead him to a group led by the mysterious underground hacker Morpheus.
21. Morpheus offers Neo a choice between two pills: A blue pill that will return him to his old life, and a red pill that will allow him to learn the answers he seeks.
3. When Neo swallows the red pill, he abruptly finds himself in a liquid-filled pod, his body connected by tubes and cables to a vast mechanical tower covered with identical pods.
4. The connections to Neo’s body are severed, he is flushed from the pod, and he is rescued by Morpheus and taken aboard the ship Nebuchadnezzar.
6. Neo's atrophied body is restored to full health on the ship Nebuchadnezzar.
2. Morpheus explains the weirdness of Neo’s situation: Artificial Intelligence has enslaved human beings, growing them in pods and harvesting the energy produced by human metabolism, while they unknowingly live out their lives in a computer programmed virtual reality—the Matrix.
8. Next, Morpheus explains the role of the Agents that have harassed Neo: they are “sentient programs” whose function is to destroy anyone who questions the virtual reality of The Matrix.
11. Lastly, Morpheus explains he has been looking for “The One,” who it is prophesied will come and lead humanity to freedom by destroying the Matrix. Morpheus believes “The One” is Neo.
10. Neo is trained as a member of Morpheus’ crew.
13. The crew enters The Matrix to take Neo to meet the Oracle, a woman who has predicted the eventual emergence of the One.
9. The Oracle tells Neo that he has the gift of manipulating the Matrix, but that he is waiting for something.
16. The Oracle adds that Morpheus believes in Neo so blindly that he will sacrifice his life to save him.
12. When the crew is betrayed to the Agents by Cypher, Morpheus allows himself to be captured so that Neo and the others can escape.
13. The crew enters The Matrix to take Neo to meet the Oracle, a woman who has predicted the eventual emergence of the One.
14. Neo and Trinity storm the building where Morpheus is held captive by the Agents and rescue him.
