Making movies based on Japanese Anime or Game properties is a hit or miss subject, which tends to miss the mark or deviate from its source material in some way or entirely. In the case of Masamune Shirow's beloved manga and anime work "Ghost in the Shell", Hollywood has taken a different approach and have done their best to remain true to the spirit (literally) of the franchise while taking its own spin on the story involving a female cyborg and a team of counter-cyberterrorist operatives who keep the future world safe from hackers and those who seek and to harm humanity. The end result is a Rupert Sanders directed film which acts as a homage to the source material, in a Blade Runner-esque style action film that has Scarlett Johansson in the lead as "The Major".
Here is my review for the film, which I got to see last week courtesy of Columbia Pictures Philippines and is now playing in theaters.
