"An action-packed story of one young woman's journey to discover the truth of who she is and her fight to change the world.." as Twentieth Century Fox once said.
This one's set in the 26th century and comes with all the baggage you'd expect from a future 500 years from now. You know, hover bikes, cyborgs, floating cities for the privileged , dirt etc (didn't notice any flying cars in this one though..).. Alita (Rosa Salazar) is found, (well her head and upper torso) by Dr Ido (Christoph Waltz) whilst he's out scavenging through a junk yard. He takes her back to his lab and she's re-assembled using other bits he's acquired. Any how, it turns out she's not your basic cyborg..
I was looking forward to this one. So much so, I may have even considered a midnight showing if they'd have put one on.. As is usually the case, it wasn't as good as I'd hoped. And I don't know why ? All the ingredients where there: James Cameron producing, Robert Rodriguez directing, Cool source material (Yukito Kishiro's series of manga books) and a $200 budget (give or take)
That being said, it wasn't all bad. The special effects are superb, as is the case on most modern blockbusters. Is it a good thing that you don't notice what's an effect and what isn't though.?
The actors were an interesting collection. All playing their part, but when you're up against CGi of this caliber you got to really chew the scenery. It was nice to see Ed Skrein (well, his face at least) playing another bad guy. Also, am I the only one who's noticed Christoph Waltz in another film involving big eyes ?
The ending let it down in my opinion.. Too many loose ends. They've obviously set it up for the start of a franchise and hopefully, providing people ignore the current Rotten Tomato rating, that will be the case.
All in all though, it was a solid 3 1/2 star movie.
Given time I may try and catch it again
And I have to agree with them there.
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