Along the way she runs afoul of the sinister Vector (Mahershala Ali) and his scientist Chiren (Jennifer Connelly), who run the “Motorball” races and dabble in kidnapping, mutilation and illegal scrap. Over the course of just one film, Alita investigates a serial killer, becomes a bounty hunter, falls in love, joins a deadly professional cyborg sporting league, and uncovers the truth about her existence. There’s enough story in Alita: Battle Angel to fill several movies. Nobody seems to know where she came from, why she’s so advanced, and why she’s an expert in a long-lost cyborg martial art. Ido wants Alita to find her own destiny, free of the baggage that comes with her high-tech body. Christoph Waltz co-stars as Ido, the kindly cyborg repairman who repairs Alita and becomes her surrogate father. The film, renamed Alita: Battle Angel, stars Rosa Salazar (Bird Box) as Alita, the amnesiac cyborg who views this dystopian world with wide-eyed wonder. It’s an astounding work of fiction, and it’s now an astounding-looking motion picture, which crams so much plot into one film that there’s practically no room for the actual point. The movie will be available in 2D, 3D and 3D IMAX screens.The iconic manga Battle Angel Alita tells a story about the distant future, when a teenaged cyborg is found on a giant scrap heap, and discovers who she is - and who she wants to be - through one amazing action sequence after another. "Alita: Battle Angel" opens February 6 in cinemas nationwide from 20th Century Fox. "The action's already blistering when Motorball is just a game, but things quickly turn from a game to a hunt sequence as the cyborgs try to annihilate Alita." "The Motorball chase is one of my favorites," says director Robert Rodriguez. Rodriguez had the whole team watch race car movies to inspire the scene's whiplash camerawork but once things fly off the track, there were no precursors for this kind of action. What Alita believes will just be a low-key audition turns into an all-out, life-or-death chase. There are seven person teams, but there is also a more cutthroat version which is everybody pitted against each other, which is what Alita experiences in her tryouts." "The longer you're in possession of the ball, the more points you score. "Motorball is not about shooting into an end goal or a hoop-it's about possession," Holland explains. "I really like that, because the cyborg guys are like, 'look at all my bells and whistles.' And she takes them all down."Īrt director Todd Holland became the in-house expert on the fictional sport, expanding from the Manga's inspiration to come up with scoring and rules. "It's all new to Alita but she eventually becomes the LeBron James of Motorball," says Salazar. Later, with her Berserker body, Alita tries out for the 2nd League – the "minors" of Iron City Motorball. Kids play street Motorball, which is how Alita is first introduced to the sport. Producer Jon Landau describes Motorball as "NASCAR meets WWF meets MMA on steroids."Įveryone in Iron City watches Motorball. Those who win at Motorball not only attain rock star status in Iron City but a chance to ascend to Zalem forever. The game takes place on rocket-propelled wheels, as hulking cyborgs fitted with chains, spikes, blades and armor race at 100-mph through the hairpin turns of a trap-filled track designed to damage cyborg parts. Motorball is a gladiatorial sport whose champions are the heroes of an otherwise desperate city. With an intro message from producer James Cameron, the Motorball clip features the one obsession that unites the people of Iron City in "Alita: Battle Angel". 20th Century Fox releases a high-adrenaline clip from the upcoming sci-fi epic action adventure movie "Alita: Battle Angel" where Alita, played by Rosa Salazar tries out for the dangerous motorball sport.
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