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Having delved myself into the cyberpunk world (LINK), and harboring a deep love for William Gibson and PKD and Stephenson, when Netflix brought up an original cyberpunk film during my evening please-go-to-sleep walk with my three-month-old, I happily hit play. 
I wasn't disappointed. The movie hits all the classic points of cyberpunk: a grim, high-tech future; an invasive and subtly oppressive Kafka-esque government; cold characters with grim motives and trysts rather than romances; and plot twists that turn the detective back on him/herself. 
Neither was I thrilled--beyond these expected plot points, the characters felt too familiar, the detective's troubled past an obvious plant for how he could be manipulated, and the progression of crimes almost predictable. They did a great job of involving their future tech in the mystery itself, versus just the set-dressing--but even that set-dressing was staid, pretty but highly reminiscent of both director and actress's previous efforts in In Time. 
So is ANON worth a watch? Yes. I was riveted through my child fussing, fidgeting and eventually sleeping, enough that I stayed up too late to finish the movie. Will it redefine your notion of cyberpunk or invoke deep thoughts on our society that other movies and books haven't? Probably not. This is the next episode for those who loved Altered Carbon and BladeRunner 2049 and are happy with more of the same. 
A group that, I'm not ashamed to admit, I am often part of at 10pm trying to walk my child to sleep.