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Bullet time, "The Matrix"

Early on in the Wachowski brothers’ cutting-edge sci-fi blockbuster, serene sensei Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) promises chosen one Neo (Keanu Reeves) that dodging bullets won’t be a problem once his training is complete.

The glorious payoff arrives when Neo evades gunfire by bending his body underneath a series of shot-off rounds, and a precedent-setting computer-generated effect freezes him within the frame as the camera circles around for a 360-degree view.

The jaw-dropping trick, dubbed “bullet time,” has since been used (and arguably overused) in everything from a jeans ad to the family flick “Cats & Dogs.”