Alita : The Battle Angel Review

A visual treat which is made on grand scale will leave you astonished

Star Cast: Rosa Slazar,Christopher Waltz, Jennifer Connely and many more

Review By : Gaurav

Storyline - 3.5

Entertainment - 4

Acting - 4

Direction - 3.5

Dialogues - 3

Background Music - 3

Overall Rating - 4 stars

Storyline

Alita is definitely a big achievement in terms of Visuals. This one is a must watch film in theatres. Film is emotional as well as a landmark 3D adventure. The story of Alita: Battle Angel takes several centuries into the future, where a cyborg named Alita (Rosa Salazar) is nursed back to health by a kindly doctor (Christoph Waltz), who tries to help her remember her violent past. Film has a huge scale upon which it is built .

Screenplay

Once you enter the cinema hall and put on your 3D glasses, the place will just convert into this futuristic, magnificent museum and there’s no chance you’ll want to leave it. Screenplay is totally ravishing and engaging. But the movie is stuck in development since 20 years and you feel that when you see VFX and CGI, the story just doesn’t match whats happening on screen. This is the only flaw of the film.

Acting

Rosa Salazar has mastered to live in the dystopian places and adapting their characteristics. Those big and wide, beautiful eyes and calmness of looking like an animated character, Rosa just races past through the expectations. Her flawless hand movements as she talks and widening the eyes with a vivid smile just forces you to think she’s anything but a real human being.

Direction

Robert Rodriguez, the man behind building the Sin City designs the Iron City within one successful attempt. He lives up to Cameron’s expectations and does a great job to serve what he got in the plate. All the action sequences are carried out extremely well and Rodriguez is the man to thank for them. Rodriguez ensures that Alita is the centre of attraction – the eyes are the windows to the soul. Alita is an old soul, and she draws you into her self-discovery. 

Music

Music was allocated to a perfect candidate – Tom Holkenborg aka Junkie XL but the results are pretty much average. After delivering a theme song of Wonder Woman and something like Mad Max: Fury Road, the hopes from this guy especially for something like Alita: Battle Angel were too high. The score tries too hard to get heard but never ever could come up to the notice.

Cinematography

Efforts are visible, you can just dive into Cameron’s vision to see how broad it is. From the almost perfectly choreographed fight scenes to Motorball chase Sequences. Bill Pope’s cameras know how to pan, where to aim at and when to slow down in every single scene. The cinematography is so smooth, even the fast-paced chasing scenes shine with each minute detail.

My Views

Alita: Battle Angel is visual treat, a lot of style with a little bit of substance. Definitely one of the best looking movies to come out from world cinema, and deserves a watch on the biggest and clearest screen possible. Watching this on a small screen will be considered as a sin - IMAX is preferred. James Cameron has always had a great sense of story structure. I am going with 4 stars.

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