Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Scarlett Johansson | ... | Major | |
Pilou Asbæk | ... | Batou | |
Takeshi Kitano | ... | Aramaki (as 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano) | |
Juliette Binoche | ... | Dr. Ouelet | |
Michael Pitt | ... | Kuze (as Michael Carmen Pitt) | |
Chin Han | ... | Togusa | |
Danusia Samal | ... | Ladriya | |
Lasarus Ratuere | ... | Ishikawa | |
Yutaka Izumihara | ... | Saito | |
Tawanda Manyimo | ... | Borma | |
Peter Ferdinando | ... | Cutter | |
Anamaria Marinca | ... | Dr. Dahlin | |
Daniel Henshall | ... | Skinny Man | |
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Mana Hira Davis | ... | Bearded Man (as Mana Davis) |
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Erroll Anderson | ... | Hanka Security Agent |
In the near future, Major Mira Killian (Scarlett Johansson) is the first of her kind: A human saved from a terrible terrorist attack, who is cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals. When terrorism reaches a new level that includes the ability to hack into people's minds and control them, Major Killian is uniquely qualified to stop it. As she prepares to face a new enemy, Major Killian discovers that she has been lied to: her life was not saved, it was stolen. She will stop at nothing to recover her past, find out who did this to her and stop them before they do it to others. Written by ahmetkozan
If I had to do an analogy, I'd say this movie is to the original whatwould happen if Mc Donalds tried to make sushi.
Story wise, the movie is both a dumbed down version and has major plot changes (it's about the same magnitude of difference as between the book "I am legend" and the ending of the movie that shares the same name. If you know what I mean, and are a fan of GITS, I just crushed your hopes hard).
Also visually, when I thought about GITS (1995 version, which I loved), I picture something aesthetically pleasing and beautiful. For the live action movie, aside from the restaurant scene, which looked great, I didn't like the visuals much, felt kinda cheap (esp. the city). You can tell the director tried a bit, but all in all, it's lacking a soul. On a side note : The guy playing Batou was a good cast for the role , he got the job done.
PS : And what was this BS with Kitano's dialogues ?!? Either have his dialogues in full Japanese, or in full English, but what they did here screams "Takeshi did not want to speak English, and the cast didn't want to learn 3 words of Japanese", it just felt plain awkward.