Bullet time, the shot that freezes Neo mid-dodge while the camera glides around him, was never just eye candy. It is the look of waking up: a flash where the world slows and you suddenly see the rules others cannot. We do not just watch Neo's mind expand. For a few seconds, the camera puts us inside it.

That single image rewired how blockbusters move, turning a strange visual trick into the new grammar of the action scene.