Review: Appleseed Ex Machina

Review: Firstly, just so that everybody knows, this is the sequel to the movie Appleseed, which was a fantastic movie and has been rated 4 out of 5 stars, on Edd The Zombie, so go watch the Appleseed, before you sit down to watch Appleseed Ex Machina.

Secondly, I only became aware of Appleseed Ex Machina through a friend, so it looks like this was released but has not been a very big hit, however that is a mistake which no one should assume to be a true projection of the quality or storyline of Appleseed Ex Machina.

The movie picks up just after where the Appleseed finished, where you are injected into the city of Olympus and thrown right in behind the life of Deunan Knute, a female E-Swat member, currently dating a cyborg, who was her boyfriend before the war, and was also human before the war which separated them. However, now re-united they have become an unstoppable force within the E-Swat team, and fight the crime that is rising within a city nick named as utopia.

Upon one mission to rescue a group of hostages Briareos, the cyborg boyfriend suffers battle damage and Deunan is given a replacement partner for a short period of time. This partner is a bioroid, a human creation, based on the genetics of Briareos, and unfortunately for Deunan, looks just as briareos used to when he was human, causing lots of emotions and memories to come back up, resulting in lots of confusion.

Along with her new partner, they have to try and save the city from a single entity trying to take over the population through a form of mind control, projected into the minds of all via a device that looks not unlike a blue tooth headset for mobile phones.

The resulting situation throws E-Swat on high alert, with riots breaking out all over the city and people not actually knowing what they are doing, due to no control. They are turned into mindless zombie mobsters, through the simple headset.

The problem however does not lie within Olympus, but rather a fellow city (Poseidon) and has seen the return of HALCON, originally the research facility for healing minds and brain damage. Dr Kestner, which is briareos’ Dr, is in control of this facility and has come to the realisation that the one entity this device will not work on is Briareos, so he injects him with a virus that allows for the start of all the anarchy. Through hacking all of the satellites whilst they are interlinked, allowing Dr Kestner to link his mind control through to the population with unimaginable force, rather than using the portable wireless pigeon devices which he used to test the system.

The finale sees a cyborg, a human and a bioroid attack the facility within which Dr Kestner started his plan for destruction. Within a heated battle, the three have to fight off anything that is thrown their way, in order to have any hope of saving the world.

If you watch Appleseed Ex Machina, I believe you may be satisfied with the quality of work that has been developed, although the storyline is not quite as mind dazzling, and perhaps spread out through a period of time that is a little stretched, and could leave you a little bored.

Never the less, Appleseed Ex Machina, is an adaptation of Masamune Shirows work, which is always original and compelling. Appleseed Ex Machina, is definitely worth a watch if you have seen Appleseed, and is rated 3 out of 5 stars by Sycrid.

Originally posted on Edd The Zombie

Sycrid.