The Matrix is a system, Neo.
That system is our enemy.
But when you're inside, what do you see?
Businessmen, teachers, lawyers, carpenters.
The very minds of the people we are trying to save.
But until we do, these people are a part of that system...
...and that makes them our enemy.
You have to understand...
...most of these people are not ready to be unplugged.
And many of them are so inert...
...so hopelessly dependent on the system...
...that they will fight to protect it.
Were you listening to me or looking at the woman in the red dress?
- I was-- - Look again.
Freeze it.
- This isn't the Matrix? - No.
It's another training program designed to teach you one thing:
If you are not one of us, you are one of them.
- What are they? - Sentient programs.
They can move in and out of any software still hardwired to their system.
That means that anyone we haven't unplugged...
...is potentially an agent.
Inside the Matrix...
...they are everyone...
...and they are no one.
We have survived by hiding and running from them...
...but they are the gatekeepers.
They're guarding all the doors and holding all the keys.
Sooner or later, someone will have to fight them.
Someone?
I won't lie to you, Neo.
Every single man or woman who has fought an agent, has died.
But where they have failed, you will succeed.
Why?
I've seen an agent punch through a concrete wall.
Men have emptied entire clips at them and hit nothing but air.
Yet their strength and speed are still based in a world built on rules.
Because of that...
...they will never be as strong or as fast as you can be.
What are you telling me?
That I can dodge bullets?
No, Neo.
I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready...
...you won't have to.
We got trouble.
- Did Zion send the warning? - No, another ship.
Shit.
- Squiddy's sweeping in quick. - Squiddy?
A sentinel. A killing machine designed for one thing.
Search and destroy.
Set her down there.
How are we doing, Tank?
Power off-line.
EMP armed...
- ...and ready. - EMP?
Electromagnetic pulse.
Disables any electrical system in the blast radius.
It's the only weapon we have against the machines.
- Where are we? - Their old service and waste systems.
Sewers.
There used to be cities that spanned hundreds of miles.
Now these sewers are all that's left.
Quiet.