The Matrix trilogy's legacy lives on in today's films, says star Keanu Reeves

A still from The Matrix Resurrections starring Keanu Reeves (left) and Carrie-Anne Moss. PHOTO: WARNER BROS.
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SINGAPORE - When science-fiction action movie The Matrix was released in 1999, its high-flying martial arts sequences were unlike anything audiences used to Hollywood films had seen.

Star Keanu Reeves, 57, tells The Straits Times in an online interview that the movie helped end the idea that stars could fake the fight.

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