In the near future, Major Motoko Kusanagi (Scarlett Johansson) is the first of her kind: A human saved from a terrible terrorist attack, who is cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world’s most dangerous criminals. When terrorism reaches a new level that includes the ability to hack into people’s minds and control them, Major Kusanagi is uniquely qualified to stop it. As she prepares to face a new enemy, Major Kusanagi discovers that she has been lied to: her life was not saved, it was stolen. She will stop at nothing to recover her past, find out who did this to her and stop them before they do it to others. Based on the internationally acclaimed Japanese Manga, “The Ghost in the Shell.”
近未来，人类的各种器官均可实现移植，一时间机器人、生还人、仿生人充斥世间，与人类真假莫辨。某座繁华都市的大厦内，汉卡公司高管正与非洲来宾洽谈业务，突然宴会变成血腥大屠杀，暴走的机器人大开杀戒。隶属公安九课的米拉•基里安少佐（斯嘉丽•约翰逊 Scarlett Johansson 饰）带领巴特（皮鲁•埃斯贝克 Pilou Asbæk 饰）等手下赶往现场，平息事态。根据对暴走艺伎机器人的调查发现，被称作“久世”的神秘之人策划了这一系列的行动，而且他的目标全部指向了掌握着生化前沿尖端科技的汉卡公司及其研发人员。经过一番凶险的周旋，少佐逐渐逼近真相，同时也渐渐解开了发生在自己身上的惊天秘密……