Alita: Battle Angel
Seen it?2019 | 122 min | Action, Science Fiction, Adventure
Sunday Safe BetWhy it’s a Sunday Safe Bet
Audiences rate it highly (7.3 out of 10) and it's still drawing plenty of interest, though it had middling reviews (61% on Rotten Tomatoes). A safe bet when you want something reliable.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for sci-fi fans and action fans. Audiences love it more than critics do: a crowd-pleaser first.
- The mood
- Mind-bending.
- The pace
- Fast-moving, at 2 hr 2 min.
- What might put you off
- Critics were cooler on it than audiences.
When Alita awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido, a compassionate doctor who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and soul of a young woman with an extraordinary past.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsBelow par
61% on Rotten Tomatoes
- AudiencesStrong
7.3 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
Awards data unavailable, so this isn't counted
- Box office & staying powerSolid
$405 million worldwide on a $170 million budget; spent 2 weeks in Netflix's global Top 10; interest faded quickly after launch
- Buzz & cultural impactStrong
About 674K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Robert Rodriguez
- Rosa SalazarAlita
- Christoph WaltzDr. Dyson Ido
- Jennifer ConnellyChiren
- Mahershala AliVector
- Ed SkreinZapan
- Jackie Earle HaleyGrewishka
- Keean JohnsonHugo
- Lana CondorKoyomi
- Jorge Lendeborg Jr.Tanji
- Eiza GonzálezNyssiana