A cyber-enhanced soldier hunts dangerous criminals in a future where humanity and technology blur.
Suspenseful and cerebral. A late-night trip at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Paramount+, Kanopy (free) and Hoopla (free).
The thing to know: moderate sex and nudity, more than a PG-13 usually carries. Beyond that, mild language and strong violence.
Our estimate: fine from about 16, higher than the PG-13 suggests, because of the sex and nudity.
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In the near future, Major is the first of her kind: a human saved from a terrible crash, then cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals.
It leaves the ending open to interpretation.
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