What The Matrix Is & Why It Exists: A Full Explanation

The Matrix‘s titular simulated world is one of the franchise’s most iconic yet most confusing things, so here’s what the Matrix is and why it exists. Across the four main films in The Matrix franchise, tons of lore has been given about the world that Neo and the rest of the gang are attempting to take down, but there are even more details that can be found in the expanded Matrix universe. So, here is everything there is to know about the Matrix, including when it was created, how it works, and why Neo, Trinity, and the other resistance fighters want to take it down.