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February 15, 2019

At the Movies: 'Alita: Battle Angel' is big eyes and big effects

By MARK KENNEDY
AP Entertainment Writer

Alita, played by Rosa Salazar, is both machine and human and the big-budget screen adaptation is both live action and computer generated.

Alita is just like a typical teenage girl. She loves chocolate, breaks curfew and crushes on a bad boy with floppy hair, a leather jacket and a motorcycle. But Alita isn't typical in other ways. For one, she can slice apart a single falling tear with her ferocious battle sword.


 
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