★★

Idk if it’s a localization issue or what, but I didn’t understand a single word of this. Didn’t get anyones motivation, didn’t understand any of the plot beats, couldn’t fathom why they picked certain things to happen to certain characters. A bunch of shit happened that they previously established should be impossible. This is probably the most disappointing GITS thing I’ve seen since that horrible CG show i am pretending doesn’t exist.

The action stuff and production values are pretty cool, but they repeated a whole bunch of visual ideas and concepts that were in SAC and the original film. I think it was intended to be an homage but it felt more like a rehash. It doesn’t suck but I don’t think I wanna watch this one ever again.