Few popular films attract the attention of the world's leading sociologists, philosophers and psychologists. “The Matrix” is just such a rare exception. In the collection of articles “Take the Red Pill,” the famous cyber-action film of the Wachowski brothers is subjected to detailed dissection and analysis. What is the connection between the figures of Morpheus and John the Baptist, what did Buddha and Marx think about the Matrix, and what does the situation presented in the film look like from the perspective of modern concepts of human rights - all this and much more is contained in essays by the most famous representatives of the American humanities, collected by Glenn Yeffet.