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Feb 18, 2017GeoffFrizzell rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Great movie! This is a stylish exploration of man's identity as consumerism completes it's domination of individuals via cybernetic augmented upgrades. A mysterious hacker's mind control of people's (cyber)brain technology erodes The Major's belief in her own existence as the case reveals the culprit might not even be human... and offers her a way to expand beyond her doubt to a new insight. Powerful soundtrack, cutting-edge (90s) computer graphics augmented animation, excellent character designs and backgrounds. There is also a rebuilt version, but I haven't seen that. The movie's story is a cypher, exploring a society and characters North American television is still mining for recent TV shows as CSI: Cyber, Intelligence (2014), Scorpion, Quantico... The best way to enjoy is to view it as a foreign-language version of Miami Vice with hackers and tech/weapons replacing smugglers and drugs. ;) The two follow up series and movies fit well as sequels and the recent series and movie are good prequels, and blend the differences in style and voice acting between the original movie and the rest well.