it is about a computer programmer who finds out that thw whole world that he had been "living" in was not real, simply a computer generated dream world, made by a race of machines, so that they can control us.....Neo 9keanu Reeves) then at the end of the first matrix finds out that he is the one, whos destiny is to save mankind.....anyways....the story goes on and on....go watch the movies, and find out how deep the rabbit hole goes.......yourself........but i can only show you the door, youe the one who has to walk through it....