Review: Sci-fi adaptation is uninspired and robotic
“Alita: Battle Angel” wears its influences proudly — maybe a little too proudly.
“Alita: Battle Angel” wears its influences proudly — maybe a little too proudly.
On this week’s Deja View, host Jake Leary sits down with Aidan Lentz to parse out whether “Alita: Battle Angel” is more than robot-rending action.
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It’s an unpleasant movie that successfully tells the story Levinson set out to make, but that narrative is too grotesque and cruel to enjoy.
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“having worked in the broadcast industry for over a decade, I knew firsthand what it was like for women to be behind the scenes,” Guest said.