Alita: Battle Angel
A weaponized amnesiac cyborg fights through a stratified future city to reclaim her identity and challenge the forces controlling her world.
Overview
A cyborg warrior awakens in a dystopian future, ready to reclaim her identity and fight for survival.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Moderate
- kinetic
- adventurous
- earnest
- action movie night
- science fiction marathon
What critics said
Critics generally found the film visually spectacular and energetically entertaining, while considering its narrative and dialogue uneven.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Alita awakens without memories and must discover who she is and why she possesses extraordinary abilities.
The world is shaped by the contrast between the dystopian lower city and the privileged realm of Tiphares.
Alita becomes a lethal martial artist and drives the film's major confrontations herself.
Alita's cyborg body and uncertain origins make the boundary between personhood and machinery central to the story.
Films like Alita: Battle Angel, and why
Ghost in the Shell
shared cyberpunk dystopia, transhuman identity themes, female-centered action, and visually ambitious science fiction world-building
Mad Max: Fury Road
shared post-apocalyptic science fiction setting, stylized combat, cybernetic bodies, and questions of human identity
The Matrix
shared cyberpunk spectacle, technologically enhanced protagonists, dystopian class divisions, and kinetic action
Ready Player One
shared manga-derived science fiction, coming-of-age identity quest, and large-scale visual effects
Movie Details
- Director
- Robert Rodriguez
- Release Date
- 2019-01-31
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Rating
- 7.3 / 10 (10417)
Cast
- Rosa Salazar
- Christoph Waltz
- Jennifer Connelly
- Mahershala Ali
- Ed Skrein
- Jackie Earle Haley
- Keean Johnson
- Lana Condor
- Jorge Lendeborg Jr.
- Eiza González
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- fuboTV, YouTube TV, FXNow
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Alita: Battle Angel about?
- A weaponized amnesiac cyborg fights through a stratified future city to reclaim her identity and challenge the forces controlling her world.
- What is Alita: Battle Angel like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Alita: Battle Angel as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Alita: Battle Angel violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Alita: Battle Angel as moderate.
- What did critics think of Alita: Battle Angel?
- Critics generally found the film visually spectacular and energetically entertaining, while considering its narrative and dialogue uneven.
- Which films are like Alita: Battle Angel?
- Films with a similar feel include Ghost in the Shell, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Matrix, and Ready Player One.
- How long is Alita: Battle Angel?
- Alita: Battle Angel runs 122 minutes.
- Where can I watch Alita: Battle Angel?
- In United States, Alita: Battle Angel streams on fuboTV, YouTube TV, FXNow.
