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Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Go Fish Pictures
MPAA RATING: PG-13 for violence, disturbing images and brief language
Starring
Akio Ôtsuka,
Atsuko Tanaka,
Kôichi Yamadera,
Tamio Ôki,
Yutaka Nakano,
and
Naoto Takenaka
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence is set in 2032, when the line between humans and machines has been blurred almost beyond distinction. Batou, a cyborg detective for the government's covert anti-terrorist unit, is investigating the case of a gynoid - a hyper-realistic female robot created specifically for sexual companionship - who malfunctions and slaughters her owner. (Go Fish Pictures)
| GENRE(S): |
Action
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Animation
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Drama
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Fantasy
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Foreign
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Sci-fi
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Suspense/Thriller
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Mamoru Oshii
Masamune Shirow (comic Koukaku-Kidoutai)
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Mamoru Oshii
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: December 28, 2004
Theatrical: September 17, 2004
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| RUNNING TIME: |
99 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
Japan |
| LANGUAGE(S): |
Japanese (with English subtitles) |
Nominated, Golden Palm, 2004 Cannes Film Festival

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
100
Village Voice
J. Hoberman
You can call me fanboy, but this is the best anime I've ever seen.

100
Portland Oregonian
M. E. Russell
Innocence revisits imagery from the first film. But this time computer animation pumps everything up to epic proportions. The results are overwhelming.

90
Chicago Reader
Andrea Gronvall
That rare sequel that surpasses the original.

90
The New York Times
Manohla Dargis
Innocenc doesn't just reveal a wealth of visual enchantments; it restates the case that there can and should be more to feature-length animations than cheap jokes, bathos and pandering.

88
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
The imagery is uniquely that of Oshii, who deserves a place in the pantheon of visual artists.

88
New York Daily News
Jami Bernard
The love and attention Oshii poured into animating Batou's pet basset hound proves that the human instinct dominates even in a movie dependent on technology.

83
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker
The impressive marriage of CGI backgrounds and traditional hand-drawn characters gives Oshii more tools to sculpt his vision in color and light.

83
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
The title Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence is a brain banger. But as sci-fi nomenclature goes, it's easy to read--no twistier, certainly, than "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow."

80
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Crust
The dark sequel offers gorgeous images, with an updated and stylish design, but its characters' angst gets in the way of storytelling.

78
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
Innocence is possessed of a highly literate, almost classical story.

75
Chicago Tribune
Robert K. Elder
Like "Blade Runner," it's dense enough to be rewarding on multiple viewings, the hallmark of a classic.

75
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
Some advice: Don't even bother trying to figure out what's going on in Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence -- just sit back and enjoy the lush, trippy visuals.

75
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
Brims with forboding, but it pulses with candy colors and the hum of neon signs.

75
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Hartlaub
Has plenty to satisfy fans and bring in new admirers.

70
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
Less a sequel than a variation on a haunting theme -- the nature and origins of humanity.

60
Time
Richard Corliss
It points out what's missing in his (Oshii) approach: fluidity of character line, the subtlety of expression that brought humanity to a Warner Bros. cartoon duck or rabbit.

60
Empire
David Hughes
The visuals are an animation student's wet dream, the dialogue an English student's nightmare - but for Japanimation fans it's a big-screen must-see.

50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Liam Lacey
The effect of so much pretension and so many lovely images eventually becomes soporific.

50
Dallas Observer
Luke Y. Thompson
There's a lot of imagination at work here; too bad just a little bit of it couldn't have been channeled into the creation of a better narrative.

50
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
Ingeniously crafted with flashes of intelligence, if not very memorable.

50
Film Threat
Eric Campos
Unfortunately, the outcome here is so over-the-top that it’s going to wind up alienating most everyone that sees it.

50
The Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt
A downbeat story line layered with philosophical discourses will restrict the audience to fans of the animated genre.

40
Variety
Derek Elley
Talky, repetitive and largely covering the same ground with no new thoughts, Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence is a major let-down.

40
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Tasha Robinson
At times, Innocence feels like a clip show of Oshii projects past. But the effect proves more dulling than warmly familiar.

40
LA Weekly
David Chute
This sophomoric stuff is pure self-indulgence, a drone to accompany the admittedly eye-popping sound-and-light show. Oshii looks like yet another director who has gone off the deep end, believing too absolutely his own good reviews.

30
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
Ghost suffers most from a distinct lack of anything, well, cinematic.


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