Kôkaku kidôtai 2.0 (Ghost in the Shell 2.0) (2008)

100% of critics liked it
(7 reviews)
86% of users liked it
(654 ratings)

A hacker known as the Puppet Master is hunted by a female cyborg cop and her partner.

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 25 min.
Directed By: Mamoru Oshii
Genres: Drama, Action & Adventure, Animation, Anime & Manga, Art House & International

In Theaters: Jul 12, 2008 Wide

Critic Reviews

Sean Axmaker, Seanax.com
... an odd hybrid of the original film and the slick 3D computer animation scenes, which is great for the cyber-imagery but... has less personality when it is used on the characters...
David Jenkins, Time Out
It remains an emotive, sensuous and visually arresting work despite the unnecessary tinkering.
Daniel Etherington, Film4
A considerably better re-tooling than certain other 'reimagined' sci-fi films we could mention. A classic given extra class.
Andrew Pulver, Guardian [UK]
It looks great, for sure: demonic cityscapes, lysergic mind-trips and aestheticised military hardware. And it's admirably grown-up in its aspiration too.
Wendy Ide, Times [UK]
Mamoru Oshii's digitally tweaked, colour- corrected and otherwise "enhanced" version of his 1995 anime classic remains as visually ravishing and bafflingly opaque as ever.
Matt Bochenski, Little White Lies
It remains a powerful and intelligent film and looks to become all the more relevant as we drift into a future played out in series of noughts and ones.
Toby Weidmann, Filmstar Magazine
Ghost in the Shell 2.0 has clearly been created to draw to the franchise a younger generation more used to crisper, more vibrant animation, and with this in mind it succeeds.

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Justin Y

The great original Ghost in the Shell movie from Mamoru Oshii returns in 2.0 fashion.Story wise, this is the same 80 minute film. The difference comes in the presentation. Certain scenes are redone in CG format, while the rest of the film looks similar,… More
The great original Ghost in the Shell movie from Mamoru Oshii returns in 2.0 fashion.Story wise, this is the same 80 minute film. The difference comes in the presentation. Certain scenes are redone in CG format, while the rest of the film looks similar, but sharper. The 1995 film is not a prerequisite, however most of the people that watch this 2.0 version will be fans of the original.The story is futuristic and science fiction heavy, which makes it highly interesting. This is a plus because the pacing is slow to moderate. One of the minor flaws with the story is that a lot of attention is required to follow along with what is going on. Lines of dialogue can be highly technical, which is why it is necessary to not take this movie lightly.Earlier, I mentioned that certain scenes are redone in CG. This may disappoint some people because the difference is huge. There are scenes that are CG and then all of a sudden the next scene is typical animation, which isn't that bad to begin with. The fact that the CG scenes are gorgeous and based off of the original designs, is enough to forgive this switching flaw though.The characters have matching voices and this is always a plus when it comes to non live action films.Ghost in the Shell 2.0 is a classic science fiction animation that pays attention to detail in many aspects of the film. This makes it worthy of a watch.

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Kôkaku kidôtai 2.0 (Ghost in the Shell 2.0) (2008)

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