10 Greatest Opening Scenes In Sci-Fi Movie History

In the seconds that follow the first few notes of that unmistakable Don Davis score trickling out of nearby speakers, The Matrix introduces us to the instantly-iconic falling green code that the titular simulated reality is made up of.

But the soon-to-be legendary moments don't stop there.

The Wachowskis shot viewers right through a zero and introduced the world to a mysterious women decked out in full black leather. And this badass didn't need no man to get herself out of the sticky situation she'd found herself in as cops appeared to have "one little girl" known as Trinity surrounded.

Stopping time dead as she prepared to boot the life out of one foolish police officer, it was in this precise moment when folks buckled up for a science fiction action journey unlike anything they'd ever seen before.

This deadly and almost balletic beatdown from Carrie-Anne Moss was still merely the beginning, however, with Trinity being told by yet another strange presence on the other end of the line to evade some incoming agents and get to a nearby phone.

By the time Trinity had unbelievably launched herself across a ridiculous gap high up on the city rooftops, it was already beautifully clear that the impossible didn't apply to this miraculous world.