I really enjoyed this film. I didn't watch the series, only one episode, but I felt that you didn't really need to see the episodes to understand the movie.
I thought that the intelligence community in the movie was really weird, but the atmosphere was very nice. Bio terrorism, hacking, human dimension, all blended into a nice mix, without dazzling with strange and implausible technology.
I liked the extra footage after the credits, where they show the people in the city they saved, as to bring an extra value to the actions in the film. The sad-romantic-warrior theme is common to Japanese films, but still enjoyable.
I think it is definitely worth a watch.
====== after watching the series
The series is great and I felt awful when it ended so abruptly after what it seemed like a few episodes. The film captures the ideas in the series very well and this is something very few series manage to accomplish.
I thought that the intelligence community in the movie was really weird, but the atmosphere was very nice. Bio terrorism, hacking, human dimension, all blended into a nice mix, without dazzling with strange and implausible technology.
I liked the extra footage after the credits, where they show the people in the city they saved, as to bring an extra value to the actions in the film. The sad-romantic-warrior theme is common to Japanese films, but still enjoyable.
I think it is definitely worth a watch.
====== after watching the series
The series is great and I felt awful when it ended so abruptly after what it seemed like a few episodes. The film captures the ideas in the series very well and this is something very few series manage to accomplish.