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Aug 01, 2017
A 'ghost' or a cybernetic brain within a 'shell' or an augmented human body made completely from mechanical parts. The protagonist is Major Motoko Kusanagi, a special AI cop taking on crime in section 9 of Japan's New Port City. She has been tasked with executing an overseas ambassador to stop another ghost from defunctioning. The Puppetmaster, who is the main antagonist, manipulates innocent people into stealing from the gov. through ATM machines. He also hacked into a manufacturing company and stole a shell, but it later gets found by the police when a truck driver runs over it, mistaking it for a human woman. When being interrogated the shell claims to be the Puppetmaster (P.M) and asks to be put in a parliamentary sanctuary because he is a conscious being. Suddenly the P.M. is taken by his invisible savior. Kusanagi and her back-up shortly after pursue them and find the origins of the P.M. and his connection to the section 6 police force. Major Motoko is faced in deadly combat with a tank. Soon her companion Batou saves her by blocking section 6 from hurting her (because they want to cover up the whole P.M. project) conscious and connecting her with the P.M.'s psyche. Luckily Motoko Kusanagi is fine and after learns about how the P.M. started out just like her, an AI who ponders about their own state of mind, and they merge. When the main character wakes up it is in a new body, a child's, it is in Batou's hiding residence away from the gov. This new combination of the two AI entities leaves to explore the rest of the world. Bearing a lot of similarities with the neo-noir classic Akeria and the famous American film Robocop, this movie hit it out of the park. But the only problem was that the character didn't seem to worry as much about her final battle with an enemy as strong as her. However, the fact that throughout most of the film it kept a consistency with how the protagonist was constantly questioning her own purpose. This was very relatable to me during the time I was watching it. - @Florence of the Teen Review Board of the Hamilton Public Library