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Oh and the problem some people had with the Matrix wasn't the overall level of violence, but the scene where Neo and Trinity cooly slaughter unwitting security guards.

Yeah, that bothered me, too. There is a scene in Goldeneye that I had a similar reaction to. James Bond gunning down Soviet soldiers and agents trying to kill him is one thing. James Bond gunning down a bunch of Russian police officers just doing their job is another.

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>Oh and the problem some people had with the Matrix wasn't the overall level of violence, but the scene where Neo and Trinity cooly slaughter unwitting security guards.

That scene is an Al-Queda blueprint attack on an office building in the US. What is more disturbing is that scene is preceeded by a depiction of an aircraft crashing into a skyscraper. Looked cool when it first came out. After 9-11, terrorists (which is what Morpheus is) aren't so cool.