Harmony

Harmony
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Harmony

A special agent investigates a recent plague of suicides in a Utopian world in . In a future world, all of humanity is controlled by a system known as WatchMe, which has practically put an end to sickness and old age. Tuan is a high ranking agent of world’s leading health company, who is haunted by a failed suicide pack with her teenage friend Miach. A terrorist attack hacks the WatchMe system, leading to mass suicides, and Tuan is given five days to locate who is responsible.

More than two decades after Ghost in the Shell comes another anime fable about a world controlled by technology. In fact case of Harmony, humanity is controlled by a system known as WatchMe, which uses augmented lenses to analyze every action that a person makes and ensure that they make the right choices. Tuan’s friend Miach was against this system and wanted Tuan to participate in a suicide pack, which she ends up surviving. With Miach supposedly dead, Tuan is constantly haunted by the decision she made many years ago.

If there was a little fine-tuning made to Harmony, it could have easily been a Ghost of the Shell of a new generation. However, the film is ultimately less about this supposedly Utopian society controlled by technology and more about Tuan trying to find closure from her past. Harmony is still a fine film, but it could have easily been more.

7 / 10 stars
7 3  FAIR  

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Sean Patrick Kelly

Sean Patrick Kelly is a Toronto-based freelance film critic and blogger with a Bachelor of Arts in Cinema and Media Studies from York University. Since founding his site in 2004, Sean has shared his passion for cinema through insightful reviews and commentary. His work has also been featured in prominent outlets, including Toronto Film Scene, HuffPost Canada, Screen Anarchy, ScreenRant, and Rue Morgue Magazine.

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