Great movie, you can watch this without having to see the first. The story and plot are kind of overrated, some dude sees humanity as a waste of time and he wants to unify it into one consciousness, eh, however the means by which this is attempted do make the story a tad unique. It has a fair amount of situational comedy and great suspense as to the fates and destinies of each character. I'd recommend this to mecha and military genre fans.