Ghost in the Shell boasts cool visuals and a compelling central performance from Scarlett Johansson, but the end result lacks the magic of the movie's classic source material. Read critic reviews
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In the near future, Major is the first of her kind: a human who is cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals. When terrorism reaches a new level that includes the ability to hack into people's minds and control them, Major is uniquely qualified to stop it. As she prepares to face a new enemy, Major discovers that her life was stolen instead of saved. Now, she will stop at nothing to recover her past while punishing those who did this to her.
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Rating: PG-13 (Some Disturbing Images|Intense Sci-Fi Violence|Suggestive Content)
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Genre: Sci-fi, Action, Adventure
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Original Language: English
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Director: Rupert Sanders
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Producer: Avi Arad, Ari Arad, Steven Paul, Michael Costigan
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Writer: Jamie Moss, William Wheeler, Ehren Kruger
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Release Date (Theaters): wide
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Release Date (Streaming):
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Box Office (Gross USA): $40.5M
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Runtime:
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Distributor: Paramount Pictures
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Production Co: Paramount Pictures, Crystal Sky Entertainment, Reliance Entertainment
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Sound Mix: DTS, Dolby Digital, Dolby Atmos
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Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
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Audience Reviews for Ghost in the Shell
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The real life version of the classic anime film can rely on a pretty neat production design and decent enough effects. The action works too, but it's getting rare at some point throughout the film. Instead it is trying to raise supposedly philosophical questions about identity and what makes us human. That's neither particularly new nor ground breaking. In the end that makes for a rather mediocre experience that can't entirely satisfy on any level.
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Scarlett Johansson stars in the sci-fi techno-thriller Ghost in the Shell. The story follows a cyborg named Major Mira who works for an elite police task force that's tracking a cyber terrorist, but the investigation takes a strange turn when Mira starts experiencing glitches and begins to question her memories. Unfortunately Johansson gives a rather lackluster performance, and the rest of the cast pretty weak. Also, the plot is convoluted and drops the audience into a strange dystopic future without taking the time to explain any of it. However, the film has an incredibly rich and stylistic visual aesthetic. The costume and set designs, along with the special effects, make for a remarkably interesting futuristic look. And the action scenes are dynamic and well-choreographed. Yet while it's entertaining and a marvel to look at, Ghost in the Shell is a mess of a film that's formulaic and full of stereotypical sci-fi tropes.
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Not amazing but far from disappointing.
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Rupert Sanders spends a lot of time on the visuals, both painstakingly recreating images from the '95 film and creating new ones . . . unfortunately everything else suffers, from the lackluster script to the lifeless performances this mostly seems like a missed opportunity.
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