It found a voice... Now it needs a body.
In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking. When a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster' begins involving them in politics, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, are called in to investigate and stop the Puppetmaster.
Director: Mamoru Oshii
Cast: Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Otsuka, Iemasa Kayumi, Koichi Yamadera, Yutaka Nakano, Tamio Ohki, Tessyo Genda, Masakazu Namaki
Collection: Ghost in the Shell Collection
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 4: Ghost Stands Alone
2014 - 6.9/10
Mardock Scramble: The First Compression
2010 - 6.9/10
Mardock Scramble: The Second Combustion
2011 - 6.3/10
Battle Angel
1993 - 6.9/10
Chappie
2015 - 6.8/10
009-1: The End of the Beginning
2013 - 5.9/10
Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Sustainable War
2021 - 6.8/10
PSYCHO-PASS: The Movie
2015 - 7.0/10
badelf - 9/10
In the 1990s, Ray Kurzweil wrote about his "Singularity" theory - the future when man and computer are wholly merged. His predictions of AI are perhaps only now coming to fruit. This 1995 movie is the original Ghost In The Shell, which I finally watched. Mamoru Oshii's masterpiece, based on a manga by Shirow Masamune, is not only consistent with Singularity theory, but also remarkably prescient. T...
March 26, 2023
CinemaSerf - 7/10
It's a society where humanity has been largely subsumed into a digital world; where cyborgs are a norm and where people are now, essentially, dependant on their own technology for just about all aspects of their survival. In this virtual environment, the "Puppet Master" is the kingpin of the criminal world. It knows that by accessing the minds of those connected to the internet, it can obtain lots...
February 4, 2024
It found a voice... Now it needs a body.
In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking. When a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster' begins involving them in politics, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, are called in to investigate and stop the Puppetmaster.
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In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking. When a highly-wanted hacker k…
1h 23m
November 18, 1995
Mamoru Oshii
Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Otsuka, Iemasa Kayumi
Action, Animation, Science Fiction
NR
Yes, on Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads
