Alita: Battle Angel poster

Alita: Battle Angel (2019)

Film · 2h 2m · Rated PG-13

Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A compassionate doctor awakens a cyborg with no memory, uncovering a young woman's extraordinary, epic past.

A full-attention watch at full speed. Emotionally it is heavy.

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Alita: Battle Angel parents guide

Brutal violence and graphic gore, which is more than most PG-13 titles carry. Beyond that, no sex or nudity and mild language.

Our estimate: fine from about 16, higher than the PG-13 suggests, because of the gore and violence.

Scare
Mildly scary
A few tense or eerie moments.
Jump scares
A couple
One or two sudden jolts.
Gore
Graphic gore
Blood and wounds shown clearly.
Violence
Brutal violence
Our top level for violence.
Sex and nudity
None noted
Language
Mild
Mild words like damn, hell or crap.

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Three questions

Is Alita: Battle Angel scary?
Only a little. Alita: Battle Angel has a few tense moments, nothing that follows you to bed.
How gory is Alita: Battle Angel?
Graphic gore and brutal violence. If graphic gore is a dealbreaker, skip it.
What is Alita: Battle Angel rated, and is it OK for kids?
Better for teens than younger kids: it is rated PG-13, with brutal violence and graphic gore.

What is Alita: Battle Angel about?

When Alita awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido, a compassionate doctor who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and soul of a young woman with an extraordinary past.

Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)

It leaves things open rather than tying them up.

Cast and crew

Directed byRobert Rodriguez
StarringRosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly, Mahershala Ali, Ed Skrein, Jackie Earle Haley

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