Kuze tracks down Section 9's Hanka consultant, Dr. Cutter is enraged by Killian's actions, and threatens to have Section 9 shut down unless Aramaki keeps her in line. The explosion destroys Batou's eyes and damages Killian's body. They trace the hacker to a yakuza nightclub, where they are lured into a trap. The entity attempts a counter-hack, and Batou is forced to disconnect her. After learning that the geisha was hacked by an unknown entity known as Kuze, Killian breaks protocol and 'dives' into its AI for answers. The team thwarts a terrorist attack on a Hanka business conference, and Killian destroys a robotic geisha after it murders a hostage. Killian, who experiences hallucinations that Ouelet dismisses as glitches, is troubled by how little she remembers of her past. Ouelet, Hanka Robotics CEO, Cutter, decides to use Killian as a counter-terrorism operative.Ī year later, Killian has attained the rank of Major in the counter-terrorism bureau Section 9, working alongside operatives Batou and Togusa under Chief Daisuke Aramaki. Mira Killian, the sole survivor of a cyberterrorist attack which killed her parents, is chosen as the test subject after her body is damaged beyond repair. Augmentation developer Hanka Robotics establishes a secret project to develop an artificial body, or 'shell', that can integrate a human brain rather than an AI. In the near future, humans are augmented with cybernetic improvements to traits such as vision, strength, and intelligence. It grossed $169.8 million worldwide against a production budget of $110 million. The casting of Caucasian actors, particularly Johansson, drew accusations of racism and whitewashing in the United States. It received mixed reviews, with praise for its visual style, action sequences, cinematography and score, but criticism for its story and lack of character development.

The film premiered in Tokyo on March 16, 2017, and was released in the United States on March 31, 2017, in 2D, 3D, IMAX 3D and 4DX. Set in a near future when the line between humans and robots is blurring, the plot follows the Major (Johansson), a cyborg supersoldier who investigates her past.įilming for Ghost in the Shell took place in New Zealand from February to June 2016, with additional filming in Hong Kong that June. It stars Scarlett Johansson, Takeshi Kitano, Michael Pitt, Pilou Asbæk, Chin Han and Juliette Binoche.

Ghost in the Shell is a 2017 American science fiction action film directed by Rupert Sanders and written by Jamie Moss, William Wheeler and Ehren Kruger, based on the Japanese manga of the same name by Masamune Shirow.

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