Genre: Animation / Action / Sci-Fi
Length: 1h 22m 49s
Director: Mamoru Oshii
Tagline: It Found A Voice... Now It Needs A Body
Plot outline: The year is 2029. The world has become intensively information oriented and humans are well-connected to the network. Crime has developed into a sophisticated stage by hacking into the interactive network. To prevent this, Section 9 is formed. These are cyborgs with incredible strengths and abilities that can access any network on Earth. Summary written by L.H. Wong {as9401k56@ntuvax.ntu.ac.sg} Originally a computer program created by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Puppet Master escapes into the electronic universe. It is up to a shell team from Section 9, led by Major Motoko Kusanagi, to try to stop the cyber-hacker from reaching its goal of total sentience. Summary written by K.A. Harris
Comment: Spoilers herein. This story is just plain stupid. And I say this as someone steeped in SciFi, and especially investigations of created consciousness. There are some wonderful books to check out, depending on your taste. What makes these worthwhile is the deep ambiguity, from Golem through Frankenstein to P. K. Dicke. I suppose since these movies are for kids, they can't be any more sophisticated than Saturday morning cartoons. There are some haunting visuals here, but they have nothing to do with the story. Good science fiction creates a new world, extrapolated from now. What's extrapolated here are some corporate strengths and robotics. Same stupid guns, keyboards. text-based computer screens! Ordinary guns. An ordinary conspiracy. What's strange is that the robots are humanoid, girls with huge breasts and no genitals. What's the excuse?
IMDB Rating: 7.5
Country: Japan
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Subtitels: No ()
DVDs: 1
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| Actors: | ||
| Atsuko Tanaka | as | Major Motoko Kusanagi (voice) |
| Akio Ôtsuka | as | Bateau (voice) |
| Tamio Ôki | as | Section 9 Department Chief Aramaki (JPN) (voice) |
| Iemasa Kayumi | as | Project 2501 aka 'The Puppet Master' (voice) |