On one hand, it is a breathtaking visual achievement. The production design is a meticulous love letter to the source material. The "shanty town" aesthetic of the city—where brutalist architecture clashes with towering, holographic advertisements—creates a tangible sense of "techno-orientalism" that defined the genre. The practical effects, particularly the thermoptic suit worn by Johansson’s Major, and the geisha masks designed to look both traditional and terrifyingly robotic, are top-tier.