Alita: Battle Angel

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Alita: Battle Angel

PG-13

Released Feb 14, 2019

2h 2m

Sci-Fi

Action

Adventure

Fantasy

Animation

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Set several centuries in the future, the abandoned Alita is found in the scrapyard of Iron City by Ido, a compassionate cyber-doctor who takes the unconscious cyborg Alita to his clinic. When Alita awakens, she has no memory of who she is, nor does she have any recognition of the world she finds herself in. As Alita learns to navigate her new life and the treacherous streets of Iron City, Ido tries to shield her from her mysterious past.

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Critics Consensus

Alita: Battle Angel's story struggles to keep up with its special effects, but fans of futuristic sci-fi action may still find themselves more than sufficiently entertained.

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Peter Rainer

FilmWeek (LAist)

It's sort of overlong and overstuffed, but Rosa Salazar is quite good.

Sep 18, 2019

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Michael Sragow

Film Comment Magazine

As spectacle, the film is aces. It welds Rodriguez's eccentric touch with action and special effects to Cameron's mastery of world-building.

Mar 21, 2019

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Wenlei Ma

News.com.au

If only the story of Alita: Battle Angel had been as impressive as its technical achievements.

Rated: 2.5/5

Mar 7, 2019

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Calum Cooper

Source (Scotland)

As it is, it’s serviceable, but unremarkable, even among its cinematic brethren of live-action manga or futuristic dystopian works.

Rated: 2/5

Jul 14, 2024

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Amy Smith

InSession Film

Our leading character Alita goes through a lot of development throughout this story, and it is engaging to watch.

Mar 1, 2024

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Manuel São Bento

MSB Reviews

Alita: Battle Angel is one of those movies that you HAVE TO watch at a movie theater (...) it's a visual experience, so do waste your time and money in supporting this film. Alita alone deserves that effort.

Rated: B+

Jul 24, 2023

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Llia

loved it. That is enough.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/03/23

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Steven

This movie was so much fun! Please let it get a sequel!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/28/22

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Wyatt H

A near perfect example of an ambition being bigger than budget and capabilities, yet despite this and it's many, many flaws, it's an enjoyable film, though the story is messy and the cgi can't keep up

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

09/05/25

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Kyle R

I love Rosa! She made Alita come alive!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/31/25

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Steve R

I loved this movie, and keep hoping for a sequel.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/20/25

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Claudio C

Alita: Battle Angel (2019) Great Screenplay, Cast and Special Effects (11,887 – 13 Jul 2019 / 16 Aug 2025 – by Claudio Carvalho) In 2563, three hundred years after the war "The Fall", the mysterious scientist Dr. Dyson Ido (Christoph Waltz) finds part of a female cyborg in a junkyard and brings to his laboratory. He finds that her human brain is amnestic but intact and gives the name of his deceased daughter Alita (Rosa Salazar) to the cyborg. Alita meets on the street Dr. Ido´s ex-wife Chiren (Jennifer Connelly), who is also a scientist that works to the powerful Zapan (Ed Skrein). Then, she befriends the young Hugo (Keean Johnson), who brings cyborg´s parts to Dr. Ido, and learns that both dream on moving to the floating city of Zalem. Hugo teaches Alita how to play Motorball and she learns that the champion of the Motorball Tournament moves to Zalem. Soon Alita discovers that Dr. Ido is a hunter warrior and after finding her cyborg body in a crashed spaceship, she decides to become also a hunter warrior, but Dr. Ido refuses to replace her body. Who was Alita and what is the secret of the cyborg body found by Alita? "Alita: Battle Angel" is a sci-fi adventure with great screenplay, cast and special effects. The Japanese anime of an amnestic cyborg that finds who she was is engaging to any sci-fi fan. Dr. Ido is a sort of cyborg Dr. Frankenstein, and the direction of Robert Rodriguez is entertaining as usual. The conclusion indicates that there will be a sequel. It seems that the acquisition of Fox by Disney caused the delay of the expected sequel. My vote is eight. Title (Brazil): "Alita: Anjo de Combate" ("Alita: Battle Angel") My Blog: https://maniacosporfilme.wordpress.com/

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/18/25

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Synopsis

Set several centuries in the future, the abandoned Alita is found in the scrapyard of Iron City by Ido, a compassionate cyber-doctor who takes the unconscious cyborg Alita to his clinic. When Alita awakens, she has no memory of who she is, nor does she have any recognition of the world she finds herself in. As Alita learns to navigate her new life and the treacherous streets of Iron City, Ido tries to shield her from her mysterious past.

Director: Robert Rodriguez
Producer: James Cameron, Jon Landau
Screenwriter: James Cameron, Laeta Kalogridis
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Troublemaker Studios, Lightstorm Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox
Rating: PG-13 (Sequences of Sci-Fi Violence|Action|Some Language)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 14, 2019, Wide
Rerelease Date (Theaters): Oct 30, 2020
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 9, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA): $85.8M
Runtime: 2h 2m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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