Parents Guide for
The Matrix (1999) More at IMDbPro »

none.

A lot of mostly bloodless shootings.

A police officer's arm and nose are broken, and two other police officers are shot and killed by one of the main characters.

A helicopter crashes into a building and explodes.

A woman puts a gun to a man's head; She shoots him in slow motion.

A woman throws a knife; It lands in a man's forehead, killing him. You see this from behind the man who was stabbed.

Many SWAT\ police assault force soldiers/police officers are shot and killed throughout the movie.

A man is chased through city streets by other men who are shooting at him.

A man is shot several times in the chest; Bloody bullet wounds visible. He slumps, smearing blood on the wall behind him. (not dead just wounded)

A man is held down by two men, while another man places an insect-like machine on his chest. This machine crawls into the man's bellybutton, and the scene ends. Later a machine is used to extract this insect-like machine out of his belly button.

A man fires all of his ammunition at another man, who dodges all the bullets. This man then shoots at the man, who is grazed by a couple of the bullets.

There are several fight sequences, including one near the end of the film in which punches, kicks and headbutts are exchanged, resulting in one character spitting blood. Another sequence shows one of the main characters being headbutted repeatedly and then violently beaten.

A couple of men are shot with a laser gun. Their wounds are shown and look like burned skin.

Several uses of "s***" "holy s***" and "god d**n". No f-words

A middle-finger gesture.

When the question is asked if one's ever had that feeling where you never know if you're awake or still dreaming, a man says, "Yeah, it's called mescaline."

Cypher smokes a cigar, while a mysterious woman smokes a cigarette as does a miscellaneous character.

A man wakes up from being hooked up to the Matrix. Many wires and tubes are attached to him, and he is covered in slime.

Some may find it troubling that many police officers are shot and killed by main characters in this movie.

Some human characters are shown turning into digital-like code and disappearing. Other are shown turning into other characters.

One man jumps into another man's chest, no blood is present. This other man then "bubbles" and cracks and explodes leaving the first man behind. Also no blood is present in this.

The "bug" scene and the extraction of it might be disturbing to some.