The review embargo for Ghost in the Shell doesn’t lift until next Thursday, a day before release, so it will be a while until we hear if Sanders has delivered on his promise, but this clip definitely provides hope.
Indeed, both of the full scenes released so far are rooted firmly in the original anime, but we know from the trailers that the film will diverge and head towards elements of the TV show and beyond.
The clip (which presumably comes after the ethereal creation sequence) follows Major and the rest of counter-terrorist organization Section 9 as they monitor and interrupt an attempted assassination/data download, with Johansson’s character diving from the roof before efficiently taking out the hostile party.
At the very least, compared to the somewhat lackluster earlier trailers, these clips show a real confidence from the studio in the product (and fit the director’s description of his movie as “not the sh*t Hollywood version“.
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