Wow, Alita:
Battle Angel is captivating, interesting, and very inviting. While the
story isn’t new to me, it can be a bit hard to follow for someone who hasn’t
come across it before.
The movie’s biggest strength is its action sequences. They hit you head-on, and
many times you’re left sitting in awe, cheering for Alita to kick some serious
butt. The special effects are a no-holds-barred masterpiece.
You’ll enjoy how each cyborg or android character in this futuristic world
handles their existence—how they move, fight, and battle. The visual feast this
movie delivers isn’t something you can get anywhere else, and I highly
recommend you go experience it after reading about the downside below.
The movie’s
downside lies in its storytelling. It feels like three tales squashed together:
Tale 1: Alita is brought back to life by Ido and has to discover
herself, learning to be her own person. Hugo introduces her to the competitive
sport of Motorball.
Tale 2: Alita and the bounty hunters (or Hunter-Warriors, as
they’re called in this world). Who is Vector, and who is Nova?
Tale 3: Alita becomes a Motorball player, and suddenly, everyone is
after her.
What makes this
tale work is how the director pieces everything together. It’s a slow
unraveling of a story that leaves you wanting more the moment the final curtain
drops. Robert Rodriguez (known for the Mexico Trilogy: El Mariachi, Desperado and Once Upon a Time in Mexico) is the man behind the camera for this
plot.
While scouting the junkyard metropolis of Iron City, a man discovers a disembodied female cyborg with a fully intact human brain. His name is Dr. Dyson Ido, a cyborg scientist. He rebuilds the cyborg, who has no memory of her past, and names her "Alita" after his deceased daughter (in the manga, it’s after his cat).
Alita is
magnificent, and Ido takes the time to teach her about life. She befriends a
young man named Hugo and begins to discover herself and the world she inhabits.
A key to her self-discovery comes when she follows Ido out one night.
Ido is a Hunter-Warrior, and when his life is in danger, Alita comes to his
rescue. She fights off their attackers, making her a target for Nova, the man
running everything.
Nova wants her
body and is willing to do anything to get it. As Alita’s memories slowly
return, she discovers her true purpose: to go after Nova and stop him.
The movie is a visual masterpiece, and I hope it performs well at the box office because I’d love to see the sequels that are planned for this story.
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