Alita: Battle Angel
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When Alita awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido, a compassionate doctor who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and soul of a young woman with an extraordinary past.
What critics thought
DivisiveCritics were split roughly down the middle: most acknowledged the film's extraordinary visual ambition and Rosa Salazar's performance as genuine achievements, while a vocal contingent found the screenplay too clichéd and cluttered to hold the spectacle together. Audiences responded with noticeably more warmth than critics, suggesting the film's pulpy, kinetic energy plays better without analytical distance.
“Alita: Battle Angel is [Rodriguez's] best film since he brought Frank Miller's graphic novel to the screen, a sci-fi epic that does something rare in an age of endless adaptations and reboots: lives up to its potential while leaving you wanting more.”
Michael Nordine·IndieWire
“This manga-based cyberpunk origin story is a pretty zappy effects showcase, weighed down by a protracted, soul-challenged Frankenstory that short-circuits every time it gets moving.”
Guy Lodge·Variety
“The only reason any of this works at all is Salazar and, I hate to say it, those goddamned big eyes. They're the windows to the soul, after all, and this ungainly, lurching cyborg of a would-be blockbuster has more of that than meets the eye.”
Emily Yoshida·New York
“This juggernaut-sized sci-fi movie mechanically rehashes a huge collection of genre clichés while bashing its way through an onslaught of visual effects, bad dialogue, and dull, lifeless characters.”
Jeffrey Anderson·Common Sense Media
Parents guide
- Violence
- moderate
- Sex
- none
- Profanity
- mild
- Substances
- mild
- Intensity
- moderate
Genres
Action, Science Fiction, Adventure
Cast & Crew
Robert RodriguezDirector
Rosa SalazarAlita
Christoph WaltzDr. Dyson Ido
Jennifer ConnellyChiren
Mahershala AliVector
Ed SkreinZapan
Jackie Earle HaleyGrewishka
Keean JohnsonHugo
Lana CondorKoyomi
Jorge Lendeborg Jr.Tanji
Eiza GonzálezNyssiana
Jeff FaheyMcTeague
Idara VictorNurse Gerhad
Tom HolkenborgComposer
James CameronWriter
Laeta KalogridisWriter
Bill PopeCinematographyAlita: Battle Angel
When Alita awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido, a compassionate doctor who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and soul of a young woman with an extraordinary past.
What critics thought
DivisiveCritics were split roughly down the middle: most acknowledged the film's extraordinary visual ambition and Rosa Salazar's performance as genuine achievements, while a vocal contingent found the screenplay too clichéd and cluttered to hold the spectacle together. Audiences responded with noticeably more warmth than critics, suggesting the film's pulpy, kinetic energy plays better without analytical distance.
“Alita: Battle Angel is [Rodriguez's] best film since he brought Frank Miller's graphic novel to the screen, a sci-fi epic that does something rare in an age of endless adaptations and reboots: lives up to its potential while leaving you wanting more.”
Michael Nordine·IndieWire
“This manga-based cyberpunk origin story is a pretty zappy effects showcase, weighed down by a protracted, soul-challenged Frankenstory that short-circuits every time it gets moving.”
Guy Lodge·Variety
“The only reason any of this works at all is Salazar and, I hate to say it, those goddamned big eyes. They're the windows to the soul, after all, and this ungainly, lurching cyborg of a would-be blockbuster has more of that than meets the eye.”
Emily Yoshida·New York
“This juggernaut-sized sci-fi movie mechanically rehashes a huge collection of genre clichés while bashing its way through an onslaught of visual effects, bad dialogue, and dull, lifeless characters.”
Jeffrey Anderson·Common Sense Media
Parents guide
- Violence
- moderate
- Sex
- none
- Profanity
- mild
- Substances
- mild
- Intensity
- moderate
Genres
Action, Science Fiction, Adventure
Cast & Crew
Robert RodriguezDirectorRosa SalazarAlitaChristoph WaltzDr. Dyson IdoJennifer ConnellyChirenMahershala AliVectorEd SkreinZapanJackie Earle HaleyGrewishkaKeean JohnsonHugoLana CondorKoyomiJorge Lendeborg Jr.TanjiEiza GonzálezNyssianaJeff FaheyMcTeagueIdara VictorNurse GerhadTom HolkenborgComposerJames CameronWriterLaeta KalogridisWriterBill PopeCinematographyRent & Buy