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Alita, Battle Angel

2019

Robert Rodriguez

Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly, Jackie Earle Haley ...

6.4

19,806

Sci-Fi. Action. Romance. Thriller Alita is a creation from an age of despair. Found by the mysterious Dr. Ido while trolling for cyborg parts, Alita becomes a lethal, dangerous being. She cannot remember who she is, or where she came from. But to Dr. Ido, the truth is all too clear. She is the one being who can break the cycle of death and destruction left behind from Tiphares. But to accomplish her true purpose, she must fight and kill. And that is where Alita's true ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Stephen Dalton The Hollywood Reporter	[A] kick-ass cyberpunk adventure (...) While not exactly a misfire, Rodriguez and Cameron's joint effort lacks the zing and originality of their best individual work."	NEU
United States	Michael Nordine IndieWire	"[Rodriguez] best film since he brought Frank Miller’s graphic novel to the screen, a sci-fi epic that does something rare (...) [it] lives up to its potential while leaving you wanting more."	POS
United States	Guy Lodge Variety	"Rodriguez makes an effort (...) [It] may feel, for better and worse, like a Cameron creative property, but it also can’t escape the thin, spiritless air of a delegated assignment."	NEU
United States	Darren Franich Entertainment Weekly	"The bigger issue: You’ve seen this all before. (...) Alita spends most of its running time teasing a vast universe that seems way more interesting than the bland story you’re watching."	NEG
United States	William Bibbiani IGN	"Rodriguez’s best film in many years. It’s an ambitious, impressive, visually spectacular production with great performances that make its strange world seem real."	POS
United States	Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"Too much of its overall design feels borrowed (...) It lacks the conviction, the spark, which turns truly wonderful animated creations (...) into characters you laugh with and weep for"	NEG
United States	Nicholas Barber The Wrap	"When Alita is having acrobatic slow-motion fights (...) the film has so much pulpy dynamism that you can enjoy the ride (...) When the action stops, though, it’s obvious that nothing much adds up, and nothing much is resolved."	NEU
United States	Meagan Navarro Bloody Disgusting	"Rodriguez was the perfect director for handling such a unique story (...) It may not have the thematic depth of the manga, but for a great time at the movies, who really cares? (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Matt Singer Screen Crush	"An overqualified cast (...) is mostly here to make a very silly movie seem slightly less silly, and on that front they succeed (...) It’s just a slick action film. That is one way, at least, it does feel like a Rodriguez movie."	NEU
United States	Max Covill Film School Rejects	"Being the best manga adaptation is a win, but there is room for improvement. Hopefully, we get the opportunity to see more of the adventures of Alita as Cameron and Rodriguez have found the right formula."	POS
United States	Monica Castillo rogerebert.com	"As far as movies about girl robots go, 'Alita' isn’t so bad (...) Salazar smoothes over many of these cumbersome details with her earnest motion-captured performance (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
Canada	Molly Freeman Screen Rant	"The true star of the movie isn't the writing or any of the performances, it's the visuals (...) A must-see for anyone wanting to check out stunning filmmaking in theaters (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Phil de Semlyen Time Out	"Although the story plays out in predictable ways, Rodriguez handles the combat sequences well enough as Alita’s killer skill set ramps up (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
Canada	Zac Bertschy Anime News Network (ANN)	"A thrilling, polished, beautifully weird and strikingly faithful adaptation of Battle Angel Alita."	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"[It] isn’t really a movie at all. Rather, it’s a fragment, a framework for a sequel, or a series of sequels, that it’s hard to imagine any audience demanding (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 5)"	NEG
United Kingdom	Dan Jolin Empire	Best enjoyed for the fun, slick action and the astonishing, super-expressive realisation of Alita herself, because elsewhere it’s cyberpunk business as usual, marred by some sloppy plotting (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"A film with Imax spectacle and big effects (...) But for all its scale (...) it doesn’t have the grownup, challenging, complicated ideas of 'Ghost in the Shell'. A vanilla dystopian romance.(…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU

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