DVD: Ghost In The Shell

Ghost In The Shell is a mid 1990's Japanese Manga animation that was considered groundbreaking at the time due to it's use of computer generated images. A decade it still stands a benchmark of animated cinema, now forming the link between Blade Runner and The Matrix.

The film centres on two government cyborgs who are attempting to track down a hacker called The Puppet Master who gets into people's minds and uses them as unknowing assassins. Alongside heart pounding action sequences it muses on the nature of existence in a way that makes The Matrix look like a primary school philosophy lesson. Whipping through at a taught 85 minutes it never pauses for breath and seems as cutting edge today as it did on release.