2017 1.jpg — Ghost in the Shell (2017)

Directed By: Rupert Sanders
Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Pilou Asbæk, Takeshi Kitano
Rated: PG-13 for Intense Sequences of Sci-Fi Violence, Suggestive Content, and Some Disturbing Images
Run Time: 1h 47m
TMM Score: 2 Stars
Strengths: Action Sequences, Some Production Design Elements
Weakness: Story, Acting, Characterizations

Ghost in the Shell (2017)

May 28, 2019

Major Mira Killian will stop at nothing to track down Section 9’s greatest enemy, a cyber terrorist, callsign: The Puppetmaster. As she unravels the mystery behind him, will she unravel herself in a miasma of blocked memories and identity? Are these all just byproducts of being a cyborg?

1995 1.3.jpg — Ghost in the Shell (1995)

Directed By: Mamoru Oshii
Starring: Atsuko Tanaka, Iemasa Kayumi, Akio Ôtsuka
Rated: NR
Run Time: 1h 23m
TMM Score: 5 Stars
Strengths: Animation, Philosophical Discussions
Weakness: Doesn’t Always Explain Difficult Concepts

Ghost in the Shell (1995)

May 28, 2019

Major Motoko Kusanagi of Section 9 is the most advanced cybernetically modified human ever, her entire body being replaced with robotic parts. When a cyber terrorist hacker, The Puppetmaster, eludes section 9’s grasp, Major is faced with a mystery which tangles the state’s actions, the future of humanity, and her own identity.

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