While buying snacks at an AM-PM Mini-Mart (gas was 74.9 cents/gallon!), LAPD Sgt.Al Powell (Reginald VelJohnson) was notified of a Code 2 at the nearby Nakatomi Building in Century City, and proceeded to the area." A search had already commenced for him.Introduction of Thomas Anderson (Alter-Ego Neo):The film then introduced the main character - an individual who was living two lives:Thomas Anderson (Keanu Reeves), a computer programmer working for a software company (Metacortex), a techie slackerNeo (""Neo"" was Thomas Anderson""s hacker alias, an anagram for his designation as the "One"), a computer hackerIn the year 1999, computer programmer-hacker Thomas Anderson (Keanu Reeves), with screen-name alias Neo, was asleep in front of his computer in his cluttered apartment, Room 101.They continued to brazenly and flirtatiously laugh and share some whispered jokes, and she jokingly poked him in the chest with her elbow...To go off on a trip for no one knows how long, to some spot you don""t even hint at, the only woman on the ship with the toughest mugs I ever looked at.Mr.Andrews: That""s because you""ve always been a stubborn idiot.Ellie: I come from a long line of stubborn idiots.She knocks away her father""s fork (with a piece of steak on it), overturns his tray of food all over the floor, and he reacts by slapping her - she is surprised.