With the internet slowly becoming the choice of communication at the time, the movie touched on some a rather pertinent ideas that were far ahead of their time. However, in spite of those terribly bad movies, back in 1995, the film took audiences by surprise, even the loyal followers of the genre, with themes that still felt relatively new and fresh. ' Blackhat' will likely go down as Michael Mann's worst film to date, and Johnny Depp arguably gave one of his most awkward performances in ' Transcendence' while ' Vice' is a tragic mess that's well beneath the status of both Bruce Willis and Thomas Jane, which is saying quite a lot.
This is especially true when more recent productions are still tackling the same subject matter with embarrassingly bad results. Or, at least, it doesn't feel like it anymore. The concept surrounding this Japanese production, based on the popular manga of the same name by Masamune Shirow, is ultimately nothing new. Heck, even ' Dark City,' ' Gattaca,' ' Hardware,' ' Johnny Mnemonic' and 'Strange Days' dare to ask similar questions and explore comparable philosophical dilemmas. For many contemporary moviegoers, 'Ghost in the Shell' may not seem like the revolutionary sci-fi masterpiece it's endlessly celebrated for, especially when we have ' Blade Runner,' ' eXistenZ' and ' The Matrix' doing much of the same thing.
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