Alita: Battle Angel 2 (2025)
Alita: Battle Angel 2 (2025)
Starring: Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Keean Johnson, Edward Norton
Genre: Sci-Fi / Cyberpunk / Action
“She remembers everything. And now… she rises.”Overview:
Alita: Battle Angel 2 picks up where the 2019 cult hit left off — with Alita (Rosa Salazar) now a Motorball champion, her eyes set skyward on the floating city of Zalem, and vengeance burning for the mysterious overlord Nova (Edward Norton).
Fueled by love lost and memories regained, Alita leads a resistance uprising against Zalem’s tyranny. But as she uncovers the hidden origin of her berserker body and her role in a centuries-old interstellar war, Alita must face enemies from above and within — including other surviving URM soldiers and Nova’s new cybernetic assassins.
What’s New:More time spent inside Zalem, revealing its utopian facade and dystopian truth
Flashbacks to Alita’s time in the URM war, showing her full combat prowess
A new villain: Amarok, a rogue URM general turned Zalem loyalist (speculated to be played by Oscar Isaac or Yahya Abdul-Mateen II)
Why It Works:Rosa Salazar once again embodies Alita with motion-captured charisma and heart, balancing fury and empathy
Motorball sequences are upgraded — faster, bloodier, and even more cinematic
Rodriguez delivers slick cyberpunk visuals, while James Cameron’s influence brings deeper worldbuilding and emotional weight
Rating: 8.5/10A worthy, long-awaited sequel that deepens the mythos, cranks the action, and finally sets Alita on the warpath fans have hungered for. Emotionally resonant and visually stunning — it delivers.
“To defeat the future, she must remember the past.”
