基於上述,「虛實」恐怕只是《駭客任務》表象探討的,真正重要的甚至不是「紅藥丸與藍藥丸」的終極二選一(因為我們早就選了),而是祭司所說:「你不是來選擇的,你是來了解自己為何這樣選擇。」(You didn't come here to make the choice. You're here to try to understand why you made it.)
觀影的你我,也不曾擁有完整的自由意志:世界運行的基本律則、人類的理性與感性隨時牽動著我們,說到底,人總是在有限的選項裡進行選擇,就像梅洛凡吉恩(Merovingian)所言:「選擇只是幻覺。」(Choice is an illusion, created between those with power, and those without.)