Ghost in the Shell (2017)

It's divisive. Only 69% of audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics scored it lower at 48%, but audiences disagreed.

In the near future, Major is the first of her kind: a human saved from a terrible crash, then cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals. Wikipedia ↗

Ghost in the Shell is a 2017 American science fiction action film directed by Rupert Sanders, a live-action adaptation of Masamune Shirow's manga and the acclaimed 1995 anime. When Major begins experiencing glitches that reveal suppressed memories of her past human life, she discovers that her origin story is built on lies and corporate exploitation. The casting of Scarlett Johansson as the Major generated intense controversy, with critics accusing the production of whitewashing an originally Japanese character — a debate that overshadowed the film's release and contributed to its commercial underperformance.

The visual design, supervised by production designer Jan Roelfs, was the film's most acclaimed element, creating a future cityscape of holographic advertisements, rain-slicked neon streets, and biomechanical technology that honored the anime's aesthetic while expanding it into live action. Ghost in the Shell earned $169 million worldwide on a $110 million budget, a significant loss.