The head and shoulders of a female cyborg is discovered by an engineer in a junk pile. Somehow; the brain is still alive. He puts her back together and treats her as his daughter..
Really good science fiction flick. Would have enjoyed it a lot more if I'd been forewarned that it was part one of a series. Cos: it doesn't really end. With a little research I could have discovered this. I've not read the source material but I do know that Alita was originally a Manga series. (Japanese graphic art novels.) It seems Cameron is bringing the first four books to the cinema.
In eastern stories it's a tradition that any hero is the last practitioner of a secret, killer martial art. In Alita's case this is Panzer Kunst which means Tank Art according to the online translator. So that's OK. She also, predictably, has no memory of her past which means we can go on a voyage of growth and discovery together. So that's OK too.
The story is set in the South American, Iron City in the shadow of a gigantic floating station (space elevator technology) three hundred years after a great war. So: post apocalyptic dystopia. There is a blend of architectures, super cyberpunk characters, ruins and fragments of forgotten technologies. It looks great. The CGI is fantastic.
There is plenty of action blended with decent character development. The story evolves slowly and I was wondering where it was going. I only realised the story was going to another movie when that titles came up.
We get introduced to the brutal spectator sport of Motorball. The carnage is more important than the score. I could have happily watched more of that. The winner gets a ticket to the space station, but that's another film.
For me this film lost a point in the last two scenes where it spoils its own conclusion and then sets up the next chapter.
Do you need to watch it in 3D? Recommended but not essential. The flying jumps and weapon projectiles do look good.
Who is it intended for? Teenagers and older. There's no sex, very little blood and the worst violence is off screen but it is loud, threatening and lots of things get smashed or broken.
Really good science fiction flick. Would have enjoyed it a lot more if I'd been forewarned that it was part one of a series. Cos: it doesn't really end. With a little research I could have discovered this. I've not read the source material but I do know that Alita was originally a Manga series. (Japanese graphic art novels.) It seems Cameron is bringing the first four books to the cinema.
In eastern stories it's a tradition that any hero is the last practitioner of a secret, killer martial art. In Alita's case this is Panzer Kunst which means Tank Art according to the online translator. So that's OK. She also, predictably, has no memory of her past which means we can go on a voyage of growth and discovery together. So that's OK too.
The story is set in the South American, Iron City in the shadow of a gigantic floating station (space elevator technology) three hundred years after a great war. So: post apocalyptic dystopia. There is a blend of architectures, super cyberpunk characters, ruins and fragments of forgotten technologies. It looks great. The CGI is fantastic.
There is plenty of action blended with decent character development. The story evolves slowly and I was wondering where it was going. I only realised the story was going to another movie when that titles came up.
We get introduced to the brutal spectator sport of Motorball. The carnage is more important than the score. I could have happily watched more of that. The winner gets a ticket to the space station, but that's another film.
For me this film lost a point in the last two scenes where it spoils its own conclusion and then sets up the next chapter.
Do you need to watch it in 3D? Recommended but not essential. The flying jumps and weapon projectiles do look good.
Who is it intended for? Teenagers and older. There's no sex, very little blood and the worst violence is off screen but it is loud, threatening and lots of things get smashed or broken.