Alita: Battle Angel

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Alita: Battle Angel

PG-13

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)

Sep 18, 2019

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

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Michael Sragow

Film Comment Magazine

Mar 21, 2019

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

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Wenlei Ma

News.com.au

Mar 7, 2019

2.5/5

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

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Somrata Sarkar

Tech Advisor

Aug 21, 2026

3.5/5

Alita: Battle Angel attempts to tell a story that is no doubt complex, but struggles to parse it in a way that offers a clear focus and progress. Yet it’s easy to lose sight of this when you’re enjoying supremely slick fight sequences.

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Calum Cooper

Source (Scotland)

Jul 14, 2024

2/5

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

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Amy Smith

InSession Film

Mar 1, 2024

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

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Llia

Jun 3, 2023

loved it. That is enough.

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Steven

Jan 28, 2022

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

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Guillermo V

@guillermoves Oct 6, 2026

I love the world and the world-builging, if some of the characterizations are a little too broad for my taste and the plot doesn't go quite where I expected it to, but the violence and creativity on display (if you can call the tech dystopia that we're all hurtling towards creative anymore) leaves me wishing they would make a sequel based on the batshit crazy manga sequels.

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Nikolay D

@happybanana332211 Sep 30, 2026

very nice movie! wish there was 2nd part!

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Jaoo G

@Jaoogigliotti Sep 15, 2026

Great movie, I really enjoyed it! Now, where’s the sequel? 👀

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Robert P

@Superbad Sep 4, 2026

Love this movie and hope there is a sequel...

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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: 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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