Alita: Battle Angel is a technical masterpiece but has serious issues with its script. This movie is about a cyborg named Alita who awakens with no memory. As she is taken in by a sympathetic doctor, she begins to learn more about her past. Rosa Salazar gives a great performance. She carries a lot of this movie on her shoulders and makes us care about her character. Christoph Waltz gives a good performance playing a doctor with a complicated past. Ed Skrein does a fine job playing a stereotypical bad guy. Mahershala Ali and Jennifer Connelly both give decent performances in their supporting roles but are severely underutilized. Keean Johnson’s performance is awful and hilariously bad at times. I started laughing at how bad his acting was in some scenes. Robert Rodriguez did a great job directing. The action sequences are fluid, exhilarating and easy to follow. However, I do wish there was more of them as they do not feel frequent enough. The visual effects are mind-blowing good, easily the best I have ever seen. I was frequently in awe that what I was watching was all CGI. The cinematography and art design are also both incredible, the movie is always beautiful to look at. The script, however, is where these movies problems lie. The core storyline is good, but the dialogue varies between mediocre and atrocious. The romantic dialogue in this movie is some of the worst I have ever heard. At 122 minutes the pacing is slow in the first half, but definitely better in the second half when the action picks up. Overall, Alita: Battle Angel is incredible on a technical level, but it's weak script holds it back from being more than a fun spectacle showcase.
6/10
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