David Wilder - Outside Assignment2: Matrix

This may be overdone, but it’s a good illustration. Neo begins his life in a fake world, the Matrix. However, when he’s pulled out he learns the truth, that machines have taken over the world and that all humans are in subjugation. Within the movie, he represents their savior. Like Christ, he even dies and returns to life. He has amazing powers, godlike powers, within the matrix, which allows him to triumph over the symbol of evil within the movies: the Agents. In the end, he sacrifices himself for the good of humanity, and through which buys their freedom from their slavers. This is just as Christ redeemed humanity through his own blood on the cross. He was lifted up for our transgressions, just as Neo is lifted up in the final moments of the third movie. This is a powerful movie, clearly illustrating a supernatural redemption of mankind.