Psycho-Pass Movie: Providence

In 2113, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) dissolved their secret paramilitary unit known as the Peacebreakers. However, the squad disappeared, and their activities remained a mystery. Five years later, the Peacebreakers resurface when they murder Milcia Stronskaya, a scientist in possession of highly classified documents essential to the future of the Sybil System—Japan's surveillance structure that detects potential criminals in society.

To investigate the incident and prepare for a clash against the Peacebreakers in coordination with the MFA, the chief of the Public Safety Bureau decides to recruit the former Enforcer Shinya Kougami back into the force. Having defected years ago, Kougami currently works for the MFA under Frederica Hanashiro's command. Kougami's return creates tensions between him and his former colleagues Akane Tsunemori and Nobuchika Ginoza, but they must set aside their past grudges to focus on ensuring the security of the Sybil System.

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Kougami, Shinya Main

Seki, Tomokazu Japanese

Tsunemori, Akane Main

Hanazawa, Kana Japanese

Ginoza, Nobuchika Main

Nojima, Kenji Japanese

Shindou, Arata Supporting

Kaji, Yuuki Japanese

Karanomori, Shion Supporting

Sawashiro, Miyuki Japanese

Kunizuka, Yayoi Supporting

Itou, Shizuka Japanese

Dominator Supporting

Hidaka, Noriko Japanese

Saiga, Jouji Supporting

Yamaji, Kazuhiro Japanese

Hinakawa, Shou Supporting

Sakurai, Takahiro Japanese

Ignatov, Kei Mikhail Supporting

Nakamura, Yuuichi Japanese

Morihiro, Fumi Producer

Kuroki, Rui Producer

Shiotani, Naoyoshi Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

Iwanami, Yoshikazu Sound Director

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Jul 6, 2023

TCTriangle

Recommended

The first season of Psycho-Pass is one of my favorite anime of all time, one that I have rewatched half a dozen times since its release. Like most fans, I felt disappointed by S2 and kind of "meh" about S3 and other spin-offs. I think this movie is the best Psycho-Pass entry since S1, which is pretty high praise from me. Although some plot elements were a bit contrived to give all the characters things to do and inject some more depth into the story (some could argue forcibly), overall it works to expand the series in a fresh direction that was better than both ... S2 and S3 in my opinion. Instead of retreading the same Sibyl system ideas (like S2) or make something so different that it didn't feel like Psycho-Pass anymore (S3), this new film instead explores and tries to answer the question of, "what happens if a similar system/society tries to develop to compete with Sibyl?"

This movie finally gives us interactions and banter between fan favorites from S1 (Ginoza, Kogami, Tsunemori) and some extremely well animated fight choreography/martial arts scenes. A new song by Egoist also helped give this movie a boost in terms of being close to S1 in feel and quality. There's also more much-awaited interactions between S1 cast and S2 cast, in case you liked the S2 characters as well. Lastly, the ending was a bit of a twist in a good way that ends up tying everything together, and did not feel overly safe like the first movie did. The movie's ending also develops Akane's character the most since S1.

Overall, this film was Psycho Pass at its best since S1 under Urobuchi. Does it beat S1? No, not even close. But it doesn't need to since it still added to the world and character building, and unlike S2, felt like a fresh take that deserved a spot within the franchise. If you're a fan of the series, check it out. It might not reach the highs of the original, but it might surprise you in a pleasant way.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Dec 2, 2024

CarbonRuiner

Mixed Feelings

TL;DR: It's watchable and entertaining even if it doesn't make sense. Plot-wise it's uninteresting and a carbon copy of SAC's Individual Eleven The 2nd gig.

I've always believed that Psycho Pass should have followed the line of the sublime first season: criminal investigation and a more thoughtful and methodical approach. But they went down a more action-centric path trying to mimic GitS SAC, but where in that one it was believable and logical, here it never quite clicks. Mainly due to the fact that the Public Safety Bureau is a civilian organization, not a military one, and its competencies would not be the ones represented. Or ... that seeing individuals in suits and skirts facing special forces with state of the art equipment while they use their standard batons is not very credible.

In the movie you will find everything that is in Psycho Pass after the first season. An action story with zero logic and a background that seems interesting or deep but that when you stop to analyze it shows its superficiality and little sense.
The action scenes again aren't very credible (special ops losing as if they were random npcs, characters running and jumping even though they have been shot in the leg, jumps from great heights without consequences, some politics to fill and look like something serious, poor character development, etc.).
The plot is bad and poorly written. It's also clearly the same as the Individual Eleven arc in The 2nd Gig (Some rogue squad wants to create an independent nation of Japan. They even use like in GitS the hacking of bodies and so on).

The characters' motivations are not explained, the mix of agencies and how they "fight" is laughable, the protagonist's final act lacks conviction or logic on her part (and she might as well have done it at the beginning and saved us two hours). Sybil forgiving Akane is less and less believable in every iteration. And several scenes are blatantly poorly written to create "tension" or to force the script to go somewhere specific. There are also numerous absolutely laughable moments that make no sense whatsoever (like the bad guys not shooting and waiting to be shoot, or a character about to be killed shouts "don't shoot, he has to be judged according to the law" to the person who is going to save her. Even the bad guy and the good guy seem to think "eeeh what?").

An example of the whole plot would be: the bad guy wants to press a button that will make the world end. The good guys discover that he is wrong and that they really want him to press it, because the result would be good. Even so, they decide to mess it up, to make a whole war to finally press it themselves in front of the bad guy.


As I say, one would expect a Psycho Pass movie to be somewhat more realistic and better made (like the material it tries to imitate/homage) something to reference in the future. But this is just a plain, entertaining, fun and forgettable action film. Is that a bad thing? No, not at all. It is what it is and that's it.

To put it bluntly, it could have been the original GITS, and it is its live-action adaptation

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Dec 18, 2023

Hatsuyuki

Not Recommended

Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.. cool ? I guess ?

I don't know, i didn't really feel anything at all watching this. I got some nostalgia after the first 10 minutes with the soundtrack blasting and the TK opening but this didn't really do anything for me in particular.

Once again it's one of those situations where they bundle 4-5 regular TV episodes together and sell them as a 'movie' even though the animation/storyboarding/direction are nowhere near movie standards.

I guess adding some context to S3 is appreciated but this came a little too late and at this point, it just feels like it's Production I.G's way to make some money off ... the back of a franchise that frankly, has run its course a long time ago.

6/10

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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