Alita: Battle Angel is a 2019 American Cyberpunk Action film directed by Robert Rodriguez. The cast of the film consists of Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly, Mahershala Ali, Ed Skrein, Jackie Earle Haley, and Keean Johnson.
The film premiered at the Leicester Square Theatre on January 31, 2019. It was released in the United States on February 14, 2019, by 20th Century Fox.
Plot[]
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In the 23rd century, a catastrophic war known as "The Fall" aka "The Great War" has left Earth devastated. 300 years later, in 2563, while scouting the junkyard metropolis of Iron City, cyborg scientist Dr. Dyson Ido discovers a disembodied female cyborg with a fully intact human brain. Ido attaches a cyborg body to the brain, who does not have any recollections of her past, and names her "Alita" after his deceased daughter, for whom he originally built the body. Alita meets her new friend Hugo who dreams of moving to the wealthy sky city of Zalem. Hugo introduces her to the competitive sport of Motorball, a Rollerball-like sport where cyborgs gladiators battle it out. However, Hugo secretly strips parts from cyborgs for Vector, the de facto leader of the Factory, Iron City's authority.
Alita discovers that Ido is a Hunter-Warrior (bounty hunter) when she follows him one night and they encounter three cyborg assassins led by Grewishka. When Ido is injured, Alita instinctively attacks the cyborgs, killing two of them and severely damaging Grewishka, who retreats underground. Despite Alita rediscovering her skill in the ancient martial art of "Panzer Kunst", Ido discourages her from becoming a Hunter-Warrior. The next day, Alita joins Hugo and his friends on a road trip, finding a heavily advanced cyborg body from an old ship outside the city. After Alita brings it back to Ido's clinic, he refuses to install her in the body, fearing the consequences of her heart's full compatibility with it.
Fed up with Ido, Alita registers herself as a Hunter-Warrior, then she and Hugo enter the Kansas Bar to ask other Hunter-Warriors in helping her take down Grewishka, but they refuse, as Grewishka is not on the wanted list. She provokes them into a bar fight until Ido intervenes. Suddenly, an upgraded Grewishka storms into the bar and challenges Alita to a rematch, revealing that he has been sent by his boss, Nova, to destroy her. Despite her courage and combat skills, Alita's body is sliced up by Grewishka's bladed Grindcutter fingers, but Ido, Hugo, and Hunter-Warrior dogmaster McTeague arrive and force him to retreat. Ido transplants Alita in the Berserker body, which automatically adjusts itself based on Alita's image of herself, enhancing her skills. She soon sees Hugo, where the two profess their love with a kiss.
In an effort to send Hugo to Zalem, Alita joins a Motorball tryout. Ido discovers that the other contestants are Hunter-Warriors and wanted cyborgs hired by Vector, an entrepreneur working under Nova, to kill her. He warns Alita, and as the race begins, she destroys many of the contestants with her superior skills. Meanwhile, Hugo, feeling remorseful of stripping so many cyborgs like Alita, confronts his friend Tanji in order to quit his side job, but a Hunter-Warrior named Zapan appears, kills Tanji, and frames Hugo for murder. Hugo calls Alita for help and she leaves the Motorball race to rescue him, arriving just as Zapan corners him. Knowing that Alita is in love with Hugo, Zapan mortally wounds him and tells Alita that Hunter-Warrior law dictates that she must either kill Hugo or let Zapan finish him off. Dr. Chiren, Ido's ex-wife and a master cyborg engineer also trying to go to Zalem, manages to save Hugo by attaching his head to Alita's life-support system, out of remorse for her actions. Zapan attempts to stop Alita from leaving when he discovers this, and she slices part of his face off with his prized sword, a Damascus blade, crafted with the same advanced technology as the Berserker body, which she takes with her. Meanwhile, Chiren decides to forgo her deal with Vector as a mother, but, just as she prepares to leave, is stopped by Grewishka.
Ido transplants Hugo's head onto a cyborg body before telling Alita that Hugo's actions were based upon the false belief that he would be able to eventually buy his way into Zalem. Ido confides that this was a scam fabricated by Vector, and that citizens of Iron City cannot enter Zalem unless they become Final Champion in Motorball, revealing he was born there, but moved away years ago. Alita decides to confront Vector, destroying the Factory's lobby and reaching his office. Vector reveals that he does send people to Zalem, but reduced as organs for Nova's experiments on the human body, proven when he reveals Chiren's harvested organs. Alita is ambushed by Grewishka, but through a memory, realizes her true enemy, using the power of her cyborg body to kill Grewishka. Alita contacts Nova through Vector, who threatens Alita he will harm her loved ones, but she kills Vector, telling Nova he made a fatal mistake in underestimating her.
Ido tells Alita that Hugo has fled from persecution and is desperately attempting to climb a factory tube towards Zalem. Alita follows and pleads with Hugo to return with her, but as he agrees, Nova activates Zalem's defenses, which shred his body and throw him off the tube. Leaping after him, Alita is unable to prevent Hugo from falling to his death, but not before he can thank her for saving him.
Months later, Alita is the star athlete of the Motorball tournament, preparing for the next match that leads to her crowning as Final Champion. As the crowd cheers, she points her sword towards Zalem, swearing revenge against Nova, while he watches her from above.
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Cast[]
- Rosa Salazar as Alita
- Christoph Waltz as Dr. Dyson Ido
- Jennifer Connelly as Chiren
- Mahershala Ali as Vector
- Ed Skrein as Zapan
- Jackie Earle Haley as Grewishka
- Keean Johnson as Hugo
- Lana Condor as Koyomi
- Jorge Lendeborg Jr. as Tanji
- Eiza González as Nyssiana
- Jeff Fahey as McTeague
- Idara Victor as Nurse Gerhad
- Rick Yune as Master Clive Lee
See also[]
- Alita: Battle Angel/Transcript
- Alita: Battle Angel/Trailer transcripts
- Alita: Battle Angel/Trivia
- Alita: Battle Angel/Credits
- Alita: Battle Angel/Awards
- Alita: Battle Angel/Home media
- Alita: Battle Angel/Gallery
Videos[]
Trailers[]
Alita Battle Angel Official Trailer HD 20th Century FOX
Official Trailer
Alita Battle Angel Official Trailer – Battle Ready HD 20th Century FOX
Official Trailer - Battle Ready
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