Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence

Bandai Entertainment | Release Date: September 17, 2004

7.4	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 102 Ratings

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PierApr 24, 2011

Visually glorious, but the imbalance between it's philosophical pretensions , the visual poetry and the action ultimately fail to maintain a proper rhythm to keep the audience interested in all those metaphorical symbols.

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JLuis_001Feb 6, 2018

Released twelve long years ago, Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence proves that sometimes you should not mess with what you did right the first time. This sequel is full of monologues and it becomes repetitive and most of the issues shown hereReleased twelve long years ago, Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence proves that sometimes you should not mess with what you did right the first time. This sequel is full of monologues and it becomes repetitive and most of the issues shown here are similar to the ones on the first film, and they actually feel irrelevant. Innocence is definitely a disappointment, not a bad movie but by the grandeur of its predecessor pales completely.

Some part of the narrative becomes incomprehensible and the plot does not clarify many points besides that it does not provide elements to it. Action sequences are nice and well coordinated, although they are nothing that has not been seen in any respectable anime.

The animation is amazing, drawn up in a better way, the details are more elaborate and smooth, although the atmosphere of this film has nothing to do with the original.
The score is pleasant but not memorable and barely manages to be relevant in the dramatic points of the film.

I frankly expected something superior, I enjoy the film but certainly I did not miss anything really surprising in all these years.… Expand

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ermacJan 13, 2018

noioso, grafica pietosa fatta con un miscuglio senza senso tra grafica 3d e grafica tradizionale, la trama è ridicola non so come sia possibile che il voto medio sia quello mostrato

boring, ugly graphics, ugly plot

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kilo54Apr 4, 2016

Ghost in the Shell: Innocence was an entertaining watch, and fans of the original film will appreciate the continuity and small touches in reference to the 1995 original. The artwork, sound and most other elements deliver in similar fashion,Ghost in the Shell: Innocence was an entertaining watch, and fans of the original film will appreciate the continuity and small touches in reference to the 1995 original. The artwork, sound and most other elements deliver in similar fashion, but the excess of literary quotes, like a high schooler attempting to hit a in-line quote quota in an essay, bog down the film significantly and made the OK plot harder to follow. I doesn't quite match the original, but it is a decent follow-up.… Expand

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metadavicJul 22, 2018

I loved the original Ghost in the Shell (1995) movie, and was eager to see a sequel, and while the 3D graphics are amazing and the 2D animation is very good, the movie itself just slogs through the plot and dialogue like an overwrought TVI loved the original Ghost in the Shell (1995) movie, and was eager to see a sequel, and while the 3D graphics are amazing and the 2D animation is very good, the movie itself just slogs through the plot and dialogue like an overwrought TV show. I really don't understand why this gets such a high rating, especially after such a fantastic original. The dialogue ranges from brilliant to rambling pontification, some of which doesn't actually make sense when you follow its logic path, some contradictory, but most of it just way too long and distracting. I understand GitS is supposed to be contemplating man/machine/artificiality/intelligence, but this just goes over the top into banality. Especially some of the tangents and diatribes the villain takes, which are just silly.

The animation and action is generally great, but even then it seems to meander about and just take too long to get through. I don't like to say everything is just overly-detailed, but unfortunately it is and the movie just doesn't make the case for it. There's especially a strange "hallucination" scene that just gets too inception-like for its own good, and is filled with many of the cheesy laughable moments that make this sequel stand out in the wrong way.

Sorry if you disagree, I love robot and AI movies, but this one was so disappointing and slow and depressing that it took multiple sessions to get through without falling asleep or losing attention. Also the DVD did not have sub-titles so I had a hard time hearing some of the dialog; maybe that would have helped, but I doubt much.… Expand

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