Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence

2004 [JAPANESE]

Action / Animation / Drama / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 80% · 98 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 80% · 25K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.4/10 10 42343 42.3K

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Plot summary

Cyborg detective Batou is assigned to investigate a series of murders committed by gynoids—doll-like cyborgs, which all malfunctioned, killed, then self-destructed afterwards. The brains of the gynoids initialize in order to protect their manufacturer's software, but in one gynoid, which Batou himself neutralized, one file remains: a voice speaking the phrase "Help me."

Director

Mamoru Oshii Photo
Mamoru Oshii

Top cast

David Vincent Photo
David Vincent as SWAT Commander / 909 Dispatcher / Yakuza 1
Bob Papenbrook Photo
Bob Papenbrook as Crab Man / Cyborg Dr. / Underwater Cyborg / Yakuza 2
Mary Elizabeth McGlynn Photo
Mary Elizabeth McGlynn as Motoko Kusanagi
Travis Willingham Photo
Travis Willingham as Kim
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
917.08 MB
1280*682
Japanese 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 39 min
Seeds 15
1.77 GB
1920*1024
Japanese 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 39 min
Seeds 72

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by jack_o_hasanov_imdb 8 / 10

Good

The first one was better, but this one was fine too.
Reviewed by P3n-E-W1s3 7 / 10

An Okay Sequel To A Great Original

This sequel doesn't come anywhere near the original in either story, atmosphere, artwork, or provocativeness. From the onset, the viewer is slammed with a philosophical quandary, this is given by the cyber- coroner and feels so out of context that it appears forced. Whereas, in the original, it was subtly woven throughout the film and its context. You just don't get that here.I don't know if this is Disney's influence at work... The first film was a little convoluted, though, with a little brain power you could figure it out. For "Innocence" they give it to the audience in black and white.Then you have the appearance of digital artwork, fused and mixed with the more original. For most of the time, this works, though it does have less effect on building atmosphere, as does the setting and direction of the scene. The worst scenes containing digital art are the cars driving down the street. The street backgrounds are dark with a mat lustre, howbeit, the cars are ultra shiny bright metallic. The reflections flowing over the surface of the car doesn't tally with their surroundings. This draws the viewer out of the story to register the imperfection of the scene, this hurts the movie as you want your viewer to feel as though they are apart of the story and not a third party just watching.The story was a nice follow-up, even though I don't think is was told all that well. Something is happening to the sex-bots! For some reason, they are malfunctioning and killing their owners and whoever's in the vicinity before committing suicide. Section Nine is called in as this could be an act of terrorism since robots cannot kill humans or themselves.Under better hands, this could have been as great as the original film had they decided to entwine the philosophy, the mystery and thriller elements, and mood and ambiance into the story and artwork instead of segregating them and lessening the power of the piece.Worth watching if you've seen the original but be warned it's not as good.
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