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Alita: Battle Angel (2019)

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Jennifer Connelly, Christoph Waltz, Mahershala Ali, Eiza González, Rosa Salazar, Ed Skrein, and Keean Johnson in Alita- Battle Angel (2019)
Alita: Battle Angel
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A deactivated cyborg's revived, but can't remember anything of her past and goes on a quest to find out who she is.

Release Date
February 14, 2019
Director
Robert Rodriguez
Cast
Jennifer Connelly , Christoph Waltz , Mahershala Ali , Rosa Salazar , Ed Skrein , Keean Johnson
Runtime
122 Minutes
Writers
James Cameron , Laeta Kalogridis , Yukito Kishiro

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