The Animatrix
With The Animatrix, the Wachowski Bros. decided to mine their man-dominated machine world for an endless array of storytelling possibilities, enlisting seven renowned anime directors to create a nine-part series that is just as sexy, gritty, beautiful, and philosophical as the original Matrix.
"...of exposition and yakky gabfests" (according to Chron critic Marc Savlov) had we all seen these superb animated short..."
July 25, 2003 Screens Review by Eli Kooris