Collider argues that the 1999 film *The Matrix* remains unusually relevant because its story centres on humanity losing control of artificial intelligence. The article notes that the film is now available to stream free on Pluto and presents its dystopian warning as especially resonant amid contemporary concerns about AI.

It recalls the plot in which hacker Neo is rescued by Morpheus and Trinity and learns that his apparent life is a simulation created by machines that have conquered humanity. The article highlights Morpheus’s explanation that human pride in creating AI led to catastrophe, with people ultimately reduced to energy sources; it contrasts this once-futuristic premise with the much more prominent role of AI roughly 25 years after the film’s release.