This one has been one I’ve been meaning to do for a while
Battle Angel: Alita is a Manga series created by Yukito
Kishiro in the 1990s, it had 9 volumes and was obviously enough to catch the
eye of some pretty big Hollywood figures. Most notably Avatar director James
Cameron. But then Avatar made all the money and they’ve spent nearly a decade
figuring out how to capitalise on that, leaving this series in the hands of
Robert Rodriguez
Robert Rodriguez is generally more well-known for low budget
flicks, his biggest budget was Spy Kids 3D, and that was… something, I think.
The film was released in January 2019 and whilst critics
were largely divided, it seemed to hit a note with audiences, though not
sufficiently as the film made $405m on its $200m budget, at best it broke even
but some project that the film lost around $50m once marketing expenses are
factored in.
Still, pop culture wouldn’t let it die, and the film was
intended to get a rerelease in 2020, unfortunately the ongoing pandemic
shuttered cinemas so the returns there were minimal.
Is Alita: Battle Angel any good? Let’s take a look.
