
Anime adventure from 'Ghost in the Shell - Stand Alone Complex' (2002) director Kenji Kamiyama. Nine cyborgs created for destructive purposes disappeared for over 27 years after they were forced to turn on their creators in the name of justice. Now, as a number of seemingly unrelated terrorist attacks happen in locations throughout the world, the group reunites to battle against the devastating force and restore order to the globe once more.... (Full plot summary below)
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Anime adventure from 'Ghost in the Shell - Stand Alone Complex' (2002) director Kenji Kamiyama. Nine cyborgs created for destructive purposes disappeared for over 27 years after they were forced to turn on their creators in the name of justice. Now, as a number of seemingly unrelated terrorist attacks happen in locations throughout the world, the group reunites to battle against the devastating force and restore order to the globe once more.
Leave your thoughts about 009 Re:Cyborg.
| HeyUGuysBen MortimerOne of the most ambitious and interesting movies of the last few years. |
| ScotsmanSiobhan SynnotTerrific-looking action sequences alternate with less terrific expository chat. Despite the natter, it's all mildly baffling. |
| Time OutTom HuddlestonIt's beautifully animated - the climactic sequence in Earth orbit is breathtaking - and its philosophical digressions are fascinating, if completely bananas. |
| Empire MagazineOwen WilliamsA disappointingly dated and unpowered Manga update. |
| CineVueJoseph WalshDespite its good looks, there's no escaping 009 Re: Cyborg's tiresome and hollow script. |
| Observer (UK)Philip FrenchIt's overlong and, for an animated film, there's too much windy philosophical talk of an ontological kind, dropping the names of Freud and the religious historian Mircea Eliade. |
| SFX MagazineAndrew OsmondThe script is lousy and laughable. Anime fans may be able to take the talky portentousness, but the ideas are ridiculous. |
| GuardianChris MichaelWe're in a post-9/11 world plagued with terror attacks. Is it an American corporate conspiracy? Or the work of a deity? Cue the obligatory second-half metaphysical blather. |
| ViewLondonJennifer TateThe cyborgs' epic search for 'His Voice' quickly becomes a little tenuous and ridiculous, pushing the film into maddening and tedious territory. |
| Total FilmStephen KellyAmbitious, perhaps, but hardly entertaining. |