
Batô is a living cyborg. His whole body, even his arms and legs, are entirely man-made. What only remains are traces of his brain and the memories of a woman. In an era when the boundary between humans and machines has become infinitely vague, Humans have forgotten that they are humans. This is the debauchery of the lonesome ghost of a man, who nevertheless seeks to retain humanity. Innocence... Is what life is.... (Full plot summary below)
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Batô is a living cyborg. His whole body, even his arms and legs, are entirely man-made. What only remains are traces of his brain and the memories of a woman. In an era when the boundary between humans and machines has become infinitely vague, Humans have forgotten that they are humans. This is the debauchery of the lonesome ghost of a man, who nevertheless seeks to retain humanity. Innocence... Is what life is.
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| Portland OregonianM. E. RussellInnocence revisits imagery from the first film. But this time computer animation pumps everything up to epic proportions. The results are overwhelming. |
| Philadelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyThe imagery is uniquely that of Oshii, who deserves a place in the pantheon of visual artists. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekPretty much impenetrable, but what makes it especially exhausting is a mountain of technical babble and long-winded philosophical reveries that slow everything down. |
| Fat Guys at the MoviesKevin CarrIt's a must see for the theater. Don't just wait for DVD, or you'll miss out. |
| Boston HeraldJames VerniereA spellbinding original, evoking such otherworldly classics as Alice in Wonderland and Beetlejuice. |
| Reno Gazette-JournalForrest HartmanWhile one can't accuse Innocence of being dim, it is certainly long winded and cliché. |
| New York Daily NewsJami BernardThe 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. |
| Empire Magazine AustralasiaLuke GoodsellThis long-overdue follow-up goes the way of most sequels, delivering a visually impressive but far more simplistic -- and thus unsatisfying -- story. |
| Jam! MoviesBruce KirklandCompared to many anime films, Oshii's anime style is still different, an intoxicating blend of mechanical and organic, like his characters. |
| Groucho ReviewsPeter CanaveseRoughly equivalent to the Matrix sequels: drama-starved dazzle and irresolute interrogation. |