8 Hidden Messages You Never Noticed In Famous Movies
3. IS 5416 - The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
The world of the Matrix is both complex and complicated, something that the Wachowskis seemed to take a cruel kind of pleasure in when it came to writing the plots for the two somewhat ill-judged sequels to their original sci-fi classic.
All Matrix movies are dense with references of both a philosophical and biblical nature, but perhaps one of the most interesting inclusions is this one, which you'll be able to spot towards the beginning of The Matrix Reloaded, as Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving) steps out of his sleek Audi A8. Take a look at the license plate, which reads IS 5416. In any other movie, that'd probably just be a series of random letters and numbers, wouldn't it? But this is The Matrix, people, where license plates are shorthand for deep theological implications.
'IS 5416' is actually a neat reference to a Bible passage, Isaiah 54:16: "Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work." So whereas some directors just use cars as tools to ship their characters from place to place, the Wachowskis are using them to to get, like, seriously deep...