Twins (The Matrix)
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In The Matrix, The Twins (played by Neil and Adrian Rayment) are the two silvery henchmen of The Merovingian who can become translucent and move through solid objects.
They are also the 'ghosts' the Oracle explains about while talking to Neo before the 'Burly Brawl'. In other words, their abilities as programs (becoming translucent and moving through objects) were still usable in exile.
The Twins could be seen as a metaphor for Thomas Anderson or Neo and Agent Smith, who in The Matrix Revolutions appear to be 'twin brothers' in a sense. Neo's real name, Thomas, is derived from the Greek/Hebrew stem meaning 'twin', Smith is the reverse form of the theta-mu-sigma stem.
Story
The twins are first seen with The Merovingian smoking a hookah in his restaurant in The Matrix Reloaded. They don't speak but smirk at the fact that neither Trinity, Morpheus nor Neo appear to have the same intellect as The Merovingian.Later, when Morpheus and crew free the keymaker, the Merovingian sends the twins to kill the 'redpills' and recapture the keymaker. They catch up with Morpheus and Trinity in the Merovingian's garage, and quickly demonstrate both their skill in hand-to-hand combat (using a straight razor) and their ability to become incorporeal. The latter power not only allows bullets to pass harmlessly through them, but also heals injuries they sustain while in corporeal form. Morpheus, Trinity, and the Keymaker flee in a car, but are pursued first by the twins, then by police and by agents.
Eventually, the twins are dispatched by Morpheus when he causes their vehicle to overturn and explode. Whether or not this explosion results in the death of the twins is disputed by Matrix fans; they are shown turning incorporeal as the blast flings them away. Regardless, they are not seen for the rest of the trilogy.
In the Enter The Matrix video game, which chronicles the events leading up to The Matrix Reloaded, the twins are shown attempting to stop Niobe and Ghost from escaping the Merovingian's mansion via a car chase in the multi-leveled garage.
Controversy
The portrayed twins received some criticism due to the fact movies typically portray albinos as evil, although this was likely not intentional in the Wachowski brothers' case as the Twins do not have albinism. Myths and stereotypical views reflecting albinos have caused several complaints. They also appeared much whiter in promotional posters than in the movie.Trivia
Adrian and Neil Rayment are professional carpenters on the British DIY program Better Homes and have done stunt work on a few movies. They were cast as the Twins because the directors and producers wanted male identical twins skilled in martial arts, which the Rayments happened to be.External links
| The Matrix series | |
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| Films | The Matrix | The Matrix Reloaded | The Matrix Revolutions |
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| Characters | Neo | Trinity | Morpheus | Smith | Agents | Oracle | Architect | Niobe | Merovingian | Seraph | Minor human characters | Programs and machines |
| Locations | The Matrix | Mega City | Club Hel | Mobil Ave | Zero One (Machine City) | Zion | List of ships in the Matrix series |
| Cast and crew | Wachowski brothers | Keanu Reeves | Laurence Fishburne | Carrie-Anne Moss | Hugo Weaving | Jada Pinkett Smith | Owen Paterson | John Gaeta | Geof Darrow | Steve Skroce |
| Other topics | Matrix digital rain | The Matrix character names | The Matrix Revisited | The Ultimate Matrix Collection |
| Related topics | Bullet time | Cyberpunk | Digitalism | Martial arts film | Messiahs in fiction | Virtual reality |
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