Alita: Battle Angel
Robert Rodriguez, 2019
Battle Angel Alita
Yukito Kishiro, 1990
Alita: Battle Angel is a movie directed by Robert Rodriguez in 2019 and based on the comic book Battle Angel Alita by Yukito Kishiro, first published in 1990. The movie features Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly, Jackie Earle Haley, Ed Skrein, Mahershala Ali, and others.
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“The comic book is better than the movie”
But the movie is worth watching.
Book by Pat Cadigan
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Storyline
In 2563, 300 years after Earth was devastated by a catastrophic war known as The Fall, scientist Dr. Dyson Ido discovers a disembodied female cyborg with an intact human brain while scavenging for parts in the massive scrapyard of Iron City. One night, Alita follows Ido; they are ambushed by a gang of cyborg serial killers led by Grewishka.
Movie vs Book
Year
2019
Minutes
122
Movie Rate
7.30
Source: IMDb
Movie
Alita: Battle Angel
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Country: USA
Year: 2019
Length: 2h2m
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Year
1990
Pages
248
Book Rate
8.38
S: Goodreads
Comic Book
Battle Angel Alita
Original title: Ganmu
Author: Yukito Kishiro
Country: Japan
First published in: 1990
Length: 248 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: Battle Angel Alita / Gunnm
User polls & recommendations
“The job of the screenplay is to extract the essence of the story from the novel and reconfigure it for the screen maintaining its essence.”
BARRY EISLER (Writer)
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