Alita: Battle Angel. Where to begin? There are things to like. Mrs Salazar’s performance is commendable (even though 97% of her body is CGI). The visuals are superb; on par with what you would except with a big budget movie produced by James Cameron. (I’m still not sure how Mr Cameron can produce this type of film and then slight Aquaman because it “doesn’t look real,” but I digress).
The problem with Alita is that it tries to do too much, and ends up doing nothing at all. Story plots seem to be picked up, dropped, picked up again, dropped… I’m not sure if this was supposed to be an action movie, a dystopia, romantic drama… or all three rolled into one. The movie’s end goal was unclear, and after expecting the conclusion a half dozen times, when it finally came, nothing felt resolved.
This movie is probably going to make money, but it’s not exactly a high to leave us with before the behemoth Avatar sequels start coming out.
Rating: 2.5/5
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