Alita: Battle Angel
UK Release Date: 6 February 2019
Certification: 12A
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Cast: Mahershala Ali, Jennifer Connelly, Jackie Earle Haley, Keean Johnson, Rosa Salazar, Ed Skrein, Christoph Waltz
Rating: 69%
Review:
Robert Rodriguez's Alita: Battle Angel is based on a Manga series 'Battle Angel Alita' from 1990 to 1995 created by Yukito Kishiro.
What brings Alita: Battle Angel to life is Alita herself and the brilliant performance from Rosa Salazar. She brings youth, innocence and above all humanity to the role of Alita. And yes, the eyes can be quite off-putting at first but after 10 minutes you get used to them.
The action in Alita: Battle Angel is absolutely amazing. Fight sequences are frequent and brief, but not too brief and in my opinion not scenes that would warrant a 15 certification. From kicking bottles at people to punching someone's head off, Alita has an unpredictable personality and ruthless menace that contrasts with her initial innocent appearance. In fact all the Hunter-Killers have their moment to shine in terms of the action.
Also the creation of worlds in this movie is on a par with anything the MCU or Harry Potter has to offer. Whether you're talking about Zalem or Iron City the visual effects team brilliantly imagines the worlds first depicted in the Manga comics and convincingly depicts the difference between rich and poor respectively.
And I absolutely love the movie's use of Swan Song by Dua Lipa. I am addicted to it. My new favourite earworm.
Some critics felt that Alita: Battle Angel was trying to tell too much of the story in one movie, but I really didn’t think that was a problem.
In my view this movie does have quite a few flaws. I disliked the character Hugo (played by Keean Johnson) and didn’t buy the relationship between him and Alita. Keean Johnson's performance was dreadful, to the point where I was incredibly bored whenever he was on screen. I also thought that the whole motorball side-plot wasn’t very good. I much preferred learning about Alita’s backstory and the Hunter-Killers, rather than Alita's attempt to get to Zalem by winning the motorball final.
In some ways this movie wasn’t a complete story and I felt it was just trying to set up a sequel. However saying that I thoroughly enjoyed Alita: Battle Angel and would definitely go and see the sequel when it hits the big screen.
Certification: 12A
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Cast: Mahershala Ali, Jennifer Connelly, Jackie Earle Haley, Keean Johnson, Rosa Salazar, Ed Skrein, Christoph Waltz
Rating: 69%
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| Alita: Battle Angel poster at Showcase Cinemas. |
Robert Rodriguez's Alita: Battle Angel is based on a Manga series 'Battle Angel Alita' from 1990 to 1995 created by Yukito Kishiro.
What brings Alita: Battle Angel to life is Alita herself and the brilliant performance from Rosa Salazar. She brings youth, innocence and above all humanity to the role of Alita. And yes, the eyes can be quite off-putting at first but after 10 minutes you get used to them.
The action in Alita: Battle Angel is absolutely amazing. Fight sequences are frequent and brief, but not too brief and in my opinion not scenes that would warrant a 15 certification. From kicking bottles at people to punching someone's head off, Alita has an unpredictable personality and ruthless menace that contrasts with her initial innocent appearance. In fact all the Hunter-Killers have their moment to shine in terms of the action.
Also the creation of worlds in this movie is on a par with anything the MCU or Harry Potter has to offer. Whether you're talking about Zalem or Iron City the visual effects team brilliantly imagines the worlds first depicted in the Manga comics and convincingly depicts the difference between rich and poor respectively.
And I absolutely love the movie's use of Swan Song by Dua Lipa. I am addicted to it. My new favourite earworm.
Some critics felt that Alita: Battle Angel was trying to tell too much of the story in one movie, but I really didn’t think that was a problem.
In my view this movie does have quite a few flaws. I disliked the character Hugo (played by Keean Johnson) and didn’t buy the relationship between him and Alita. Keean Johnson's performance was dreadful, to the point where I was incredibly bored whenever he was on screen. I also thought that the whole motorball side-plot wasn’t very good. I much preferred learning about Alita’s backstory and the Hunter-Killers, rather than Alita's attempt to get to Zalem by winning the motorball final.
In some ways this movie wasn’t a complete story and I felt it was just trying to set up a sequel. However saying that I thoroughly enjoyed Alita: Battle Angel and would definitely go and see the sequel when it hits the big screen.
I love that Dua Lipa song but I didn’t realise it was from this movie!
ReplyDeleteYe it only appears at the end of the movie but was an original song just for this movie.
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