Waltz plays Ido, a doctor who specializes in helping the denizens of Iron City with their artificial parts, which are many. Set in 2563 (the 20th Century Fox logo even morphs into “26th,” which wastes the most inventive moment early), “Alita” builds an entire world, and has to catch up the audience regarding its various permutations on the fly. The director, actually, is Robert Rodriguez, known for “From Dusk Till Dawn” and the equally stylized “Sin City.” The movie also features a couple of marquee actors, Oscar winners Christoph Waltz and Mahershala Ali, in supporting roles, although even they can’t punch their way through the density of the script, which is based on a Manga series known in Japan as “Gunnm.” There are no icebergs here, but that doesn’t prevent the movie from sinking under its own weight. Ambitious special effects run head first into a convoluted mess of a story in “Alita: Battle Angel,” an expensive-looking sci-fi movie that bears the stamp of “Avatar” and “Titanic” director James Cameron, albeit as co-writer and producer.
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