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Wednesday 31 December 2014

Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 4: Ghost Stands Alone (2014)

In the last of the four-part Arise series an anonymous tip puts the Section 9 team on the trail of a hacker who has developed a unique cyber-brain infection program that enables memories to be overwritten and changed.
The story is complex and the action is plentiful, but Border 4 isn't as satisfying as the other three. The music didn't fit the visuals a lot of the time and the animation occasionally seemed rushed.
There was potential for dangerous hesitation and second-guessing of thought and actions (had their own memories been altered, and/or could they still trust the 'whispers' from their ghost?) but it went in a different direction - a direction that's still a very recognisable part of the Ghost in the Shell world, but a less dramatic one than I feel it could've been.

3 yellow bricks out of 5

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