Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie
Set after the close of a world war in a futuristic Japan, science has progressed by leaps and bounds giving the decision to humankind. With all of humankind linked in to one system of personalities and minds the greatest threat to civilization could be that the cyberterrorists capable of hijacking memories and people's bodies. When a virus starts dispersing through the device resulting in the assassination of the Japanese Prime Minister, Major Motoko Kusanagi and her team of special operatives are called in to monitor its source. Because they delve deeper and deeper into their search, they uncover a shadowy broker that bears an all-too-familiar face and traces of government corruption. The film is a continuation into the plot of Arise's Pyrophoric Cult bout, and ties up loose ends out of that particular arc.
Released: 2015-06-20