Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993)
- Original title
- 機動警察パトレイバー 2 the Movie
- Directed by
- Mamoru Oshii
- Genre
- action film, science fiction film, mecha, Drama, Mecha, Mystery
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Rated
- PG-13
- Rating
- 7.4 of 10 from 150 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A politically charged thriller set in near-future Tokyo. A series of unexplained terrorist attacks involving mecha robots triggers a deepening conspiracy that questions Japan's post-war identity and military role. The film follows members of a special police unit as they unravel a plot tied to the nation's unresolved history.
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What happens
Patlabor 2: The Movie (機動警察パトレイバー 2 the Movie, Kidō Keisatsu Patoreibā 2 the Movie) is a 1993 Japanese animated science fiction political thriller film directed by Mamoru Oshii and written by Kazunori Itō, who also respectively directed and wrote Patlabor: The Movie. It was produced by Production I.G, Bandai Visual and Tohokushinsha. Patlabor 2 strays from past iterations of the Patlabor series by heavily focusing on political themes. It touches on domestic and international issues that the Japanese government faced during the 20th century. The film focuses on the post-occupation status of Japan, during which the country had economically, politically and technologically progressed under prosperous years without being involved in another war after the nation surrendered and was occupied by the United States-led Allied forces after the end of World War II. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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