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“I know kung fu”

SPOKEN AT 00:49:08 IN

The Matrix

1999 · 136 MIN · IMDB 8.7 · DIR. Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski

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00:48:53 How is he?
00:48:55 Ten hours straight. He's a machine.
00:49:08 I know kung fu.
00:49:11 Show me.
00:49:14 This is a sparring program...
00:49:16 ...similar to the programmed reality of the Matrix.
00:49:19 It has the same basic rules. Like gravity.
00:49:22 These rules are no different than those of a computer system.
00:49:26 Some of them can be bent.
00:49:27 Others can be broken.
00:49:30 Understand?
00:49:33 Then hit me, if you can.

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