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[captivating music playing]

[objects clattering]

[device whirring]

[grunts softly]

-Mm.
-[object thuds]

[zips bag]

[device trilling]

You're alive.

-[machines powering up]
-[monitor beeping]

What are you dreaming, little angel?

[sniffs]

[yawns]

[gasps]

[grunts, body thuds]

-[beeps]
-[gasps softly]

Well…

Try again.

Well, that's the best I can do for now.

[cyborg] I'm really grateful, Doc.
I'll be getting some overtime next week.

-Yeah, pay me when you can.
-[cyborg] Here, I got these for you.

My wife works out at Farm 22.

[chuckles] Thank you.

[cyborg] See you next time.

Keep getting paid in fruit,
and we'll be picking these ourselves.

Hello, sleepyhead.

Hi.

How do you feel?

Okay.

Any pain anywhere?

No.

-Numbness?
-No.

Motor dysfunction?

I'm a little hungry.

[Ido] Eat this.

Get your sugar levels up.

[Gerhad laughs]

Taste receptors are working.

Thank you.

You'll like this a whole lot
better with the peel off.

I don't mean to be rude,

but am I supposed to know you?

Actually, we haven't met.

I'm Dr. Dyson Ido. This is Nurse Gerhad.

And do you know who I am?

Well, we were hoping
you'd fill in that part.

Since you're a total replacement cyborg,

and most of your cyber body was destroyed,
we can't find any records.

But your very human brain
was miraculously intact.

Theoretically, you should
remember something.

Oh. Well…

It's still pretty blank.

No, it's completely blank, actually.

I don't even know my own name.

Let's look at the bright side.

Your tears are working.

Mm.

That's so good.

What do you call this?

[indistinct conversation]

Yeow! What's that?

-Zalem.
-[Alita] Oh!

[Ido] The last of the great sky cities.

-What holds it up? Magic?
-No. [chuckles]

Something stronger. Engineering.

[man shouts in Spanish]

[in English] And down here,
we have Iron City.

-With all its charm.
-[Alita] "Dr. Dyson Ido."

That's you.

While I'm learning names,
do you have one for me?

Alita.

It's a nice name.

I love it.

Can I keep it?

At least until I can remember
my real name?

-[Ido] Mm-hmm.
-Thank you.

Okay.

-Do you want to take a look?
-Yes. [chuckles]

[people shouting in multiple languages]

Why are there so many languages?

[Ido] Um, after the big war
I told you about--

-[Alita] The Fall.
-After The Fall, only Zalem was left,

and survivors came here
from all over the world.

Everybody down here works for Zalem.
The Factory, the Farms…

Does anyone ever go up to Zalem?
[gasps] We should go.

Nobody from down here ever goes up.
It's a rule that's never broken.

-What?
-[legendary music playing on screen]

[Motorball announcer] Oh!
And he takes him down hard!

What is that?

[Ido] It's Motorball.

That's so cool.

Nothing you need to be
wasting your time watching.

[playing modern classical music]

[coins clatter]

Alita.

One minute, please.

-[dog whimpers]
-Hi.

Hello.

You want some? Here you go.

Can I hug you? Hi.

[giggles]

[ominous music playing]

[Centurion] Step aside.

Out of the way.

-[both grunt]
-[dog barks]

[dog yelps]

Outstanding.

Why don't you watch where you're going?

I gotta admit, I never saw anybody
challenge a Centurion before.

Whoa. [chuckles] You're heavy.

I mean… Oh.

You're a cyborg.

Sorry, I was just admiring your hand.

Can I see?

Wow.

It's really nice work.

Did Doc Ido do it?

He built all of me.

Except my core. That's mine.

Well, he did a really great job.

Hey, what are those things?

The Centurions?

[chuckles] What planet are you from?

Ido found me in the Scrapyard.

-The Scrapyard?
-[Alita] Mm-hmm.

But that would mean… Hey, Doc.

I got those driver-boards
you were looking for.

Alita is new here.
She's still learning about things.

I gotta go. I'll drop those off later.

I need a rebuild on a quad servo.

Maybe I'll see you around.

Who is that?

[Ido] Hugo.

He's a hard worker, but…

Alita, come on, let's go home.

[engine starts]

-Hugo.
-Let's go home.

[keys jangling]

-[metal thuds]
-[gasps]

[cat meows]

-[weapon unsheathes]
-[screams]

There's the damn Jackers that ripped me
to shreds standing right there.

And that vale madre
Centurion wouldn't lift a finger.

Why would anyone
wanna take your arms and legs?

Torque coupling.

Those Jackers want your parts
for the black market.

To supply the Motorball games.

You were lucky.

Another girl was murdered
last night, right near there.

Yeah, I heard that guy carves girls up

and sells their body parts.

[Ido shushes]

[cyborg] Sorry, Doc.

For now, I don't want you out after dark.

-Is that understood?
-Okay.

And if you go out during the day,
don't wander too far

-from this neighborhood.
-Okay.

Promise?

I promise.

[indistinct conversation]

Hey, kid.

-[Chiren gasps]
-[Alita] What's your problem?

[Chiren] Who's the girl?

[Ido] My new assistant.

I was surprised to see her
in our daughter's body.

You were supposed to have
destroyed that years ago.

-I couldn't.
-Clearly.

And did you tell her
who you built that body for?

[Ido sighs]

Our daughter is dead, Chiren.

-You need to let it go.
-Oh.

It's obviously not me
that's clinging to something here.

[indistinct conversation]

[indistinct shouting]

[player] Over here!

-[players cheering]
-Hugo.

Hey, Alita.

Is this Motorball?

It's just a scrimmage.

Do you wanna join in?

[Alita chuckles]

[Hugo] Every kid's gotta play Motorball.

Sure, why not?

I want us to be a team again.

I have a great new setup

and equipment worthy of your skills.

Together, we can build the finest
champions this game has ever seen.

Could be my ticket home.

When are you going to realize
there is no way back?

It just does not happen.

Vector can make it happen.

I can't believe you trust Vector.

He has very high connections.

I won't help you build monsters.

[Chiren] I'm gonna get back
to Zalem somehow.

I'll claw my way there
with my bare hands if I have to.

Hey, everyone, this is Alita.

-Hi.
-Best way to learn is to go in.

[skates whirring]

[player 1] Pass the ball!

[Hugo] That's it.

Lean into your turns, look for an opening.

I think I'm getting it!

[crowd exclaims]

-[Alita grunts]
-[Hugo] You can let go of the remote now.

-[whirring stops]
-Oh, crap.

[indistinct shouting]

-[player 2] Come on, get her!
-[player 3] Get her! Cut her off!

Koyomi, pass her the ball.

And she got it! She got it!

[player 4] Get her!

-[Alita grunts]
-[crowd exclaims]

Sorry, princess.

Nice, Tanji, thanks.
She's never played before.

[players cheering]

Sorry.

[Tanji cheering]

[skates whirring]

[player 5] Got this!

-[Tanji] Mine!
-[player 5 grunts]

[player 6] You got me!

[yells]

-[grunts]
-[crowd exclaims]

[cheering and whooping]

[Koyomi] Good shot.

Your freak girlfriend's got
some serious malfunctions.

I'm really sorry.
She humiliated you so severely.

[laughs sarcastically]

All right, I'll see you tonight.

And, uh, he's not my girlfriend.

Whatever.

[Hugo grunts softly]

You've got some talent for this game.

I've got to get home now.
Ido wants me in the house before dark.

Do you want a ride?

[laughing]

-So you can't remember anything?
-I'm trying to.

Family, friends, favorite food?

Nothing. Well, maybe oranges.
But that's just since yesterday.

-Oranges?
-Uh-huh.

Nope. Unacceptable.

Here, check this out.

[salesman] Thank you very much, señora.

And here you go.

Thank you. You ready?

Try this. Trust me.

It's chocolate.

-Mm. That is so great.
-It's good, right?

-I have a favorite food now.
-[Hugo laughs] Thank you.

[Alita] This is my favorite food.

-Well, I wouldn't call it that.
-I would.

Hey, look. Check it out.

It's a Hunter-Warrior.

He's a bounty hunter. Named Zapan.

Scanning for his mark.

I wouldn't wanna be that guy.

[Alita] Look at that sword.

All guns are outlawed in Iron City.

Punishable by death.

Anything that challenges Zalem.

[gate creaking]

Didn't I tell you to be home before dark?

What's the big deal?
I just lost track of time.

Yeah. Don't trust anyone.

People do terrible things
to each other here.

-What happened to your arm?
-Here, eat this.

[Alita] You okay?

You still need proper
nourishment for your brain.

You have any chocolate?

[Hugo] It's a harsh world.

The strong prey on the weak down here.

You gotta stay focused on your dream.

-What's your dream?
-I'll show you.

This is my secret place.

Best view in town.

Wow.

Really cool.

[chuckles] No. Look.

That view.

[Alita] Oh.

Right.

I wonder what it's like up there.

[Hugo] Better than this dump down here.

Listen.

[machinery whirring in distance]

It's stuff from the Factory
going up to Zalem.

But the tubes are just for cargo,
not for people.

If I was as strong as you,
I'd climb that tube to Zalem right now.

They don't let anybody up there.
Yeah, that's what they want you to think.

You just gotta know the right people.

-I happen to be connected.
-Oh.

You gotta be willing to do what it takes.

Whatever it takes.

Funny thing is, you've seen it.

You just can't remember.

What do you mean?

Doc found you in the Scrapyard.

All that stuff is dumped from Zalem.

So, you must be from up there.

I guess so.

If you could just tell me
what those eyes have seen.

I wish I could.

I keep trying to remember, but…

it's still a blank.

I'm starting to feel
like I wasn't very important.

Just an insignificant girl
thrown out with the rest of the garbage.

[Hugo sighs softly]

[door closes]

-No! Stop!
-Alita!

Don't do it!

[Ido] Oh, no.

It's a trap.

Looking for me, Doctor?

Or should I say,
Hunter-Warrior? [chuckles]

"Hunter-Warrior"?

[cyborg cackling maniacally]

[Romo] Oh, no.

Looks like he's got us.

[Ido] Don't move.

Hey, thanks for bringing a girl.

That's gonna save us some time.

[yells]

[Romo laughing]

Nice shot, for a Meat-Boy.

[both grunting]

-[Ido grunts]
-No!

[Nyssiana] You came to rescue me?

That is so sweet.

[chuckles]

You have nice eyes.

He's mine. You can have the girl.

-So long as I get his eyes.
-Alita, run!

[Alita grunts]

[Romo grunts]

-[blows landing]
-[Alita grunting]

[liquid splashes]

My God.

Rip that flea!

[Nyssiana] You are so beautiful.

I wanna rip you open
and see if you're ugly inside.

Like the others.

[both grunting]

Watch her die.

[snarls]

[Alita grunting]

[both grunt]

[grunts]

Come here, little flea,
so I can pinch your head off.

[grunting]

Hi-yah!

[distorted explosions]

[echoing] 99! On your left!

Hi-yah!

[roars]

[groans]

[Alita grunts]

[Grewishka] You'll pay, little flea.

Grewishka does not forget.

I'm coming for you.

Both.

[laughs]

[panting]

[Grewishka echoing]
Grewishka does not forget!

[Alita] When I was fighting,
I remembered something.

I was in a huge battle.

-[Ido] You surprised me.
-[Alita] Well, you surprised me too.

Before The Fall,
there were police to stop criminals.

Now, the Factory pays us
to do the dirty work.

Hunter-Warrior 17739.

You are a Hunter-Warrior.

[door chimes]

You stay here.

Don't kill anyone.

Bounty for the cyborg Nyssiana
was 20,000 credits.

[coins clattering]

[Alita] You should've told me
who you really are.

And do you do it or the money?

I take the money.

Otherwise, the clinic
would've closed long ago.

I do this work for other reasons
I'd rather not talk about.

You have to talk about it.

Something during the fight
triggered a memory.

I was on the moon.

You know more about me than you're saying.

Whose body is this?

Who am I?

[Alita] This was your daughter?

You built this body for her?

Her name was Alita.

She was really looking forward
to waking up with legs that could run.

-[typing]
-You built her a pair of fast legs.

She never got to use them.

She was murdered.

What happened?

A patient of mine came to the clinic
one night, looking for drugs.

I was a tuner for the Motorball games,

and I had made a machine body
for him of obscene strength.

He was my demon, coming back to me.

Hey! What are you doing there?

[grunts]

-[screams]
-[grunting]

[Ido] Alita couldn't get out
of the way fast enough.

Her mother, Chiren,
couldn't deal with Alita's death.

Maybe she just
couldn't deal with me. [chuckles]

So, I went hunting.

I needed to kill him.

Maybe I was just hoping
that he would kill me.

It brought no peace.

There were other demons
like him out there, and I felt,

somehow, I was responsible
for all of them.

So, I registered as a Hunter-Warrior.

There's nothing noble about it.

Did you ever find peace?

I found you.

I'm not your daughter.

I don't know what I am.

I do.

Have a look at your original Cyber-core.

-[typing]
-[Ido] This is your brain.

A normal healthy teenage girl's brain.

If there is such a thing.

But this is your heart.

Part of your original core,

powered by an Anti-Matter Micro-Reactor.

-So, I've got a strong heart?
-[chuckles]

You have a heart strong enough
to power all of Iron City for years.

[Alita chuckles softly]

This is lost technology.
Nobody's made this stuff since…

before The Fall.

[chuckles] Yeah, right.

So, I'm 300 years old?

Sweetheart, you are.

I don't want my players losing
unless I tell them to.

It can't be left to chance.

You promised me champions.

And you promised me
the best of everything.

Get those military servos I asked for.

You don't have a winning attitude.

Just be ready for tomorrow's game.

[muffled thumping in distance]

[Grewishka groaning]

Help… Help me. [panting]

[Chiren] Grewishka?

Why should I waste my talent on you?

Look what she's done to me.

Ido's little cyber girl.

What did you say?

[Alita] The woman
in my memory called me 99.

[Ido] What you saw was a flash
of your previous life.

-[Alita] Who was I?
-[Ido] In time, you'll remember.

[exhales deeply]

[machine trilling]

[machine powering up]

[Grewishka groaning]

I wanna rip her in half.

[Vector] Grewishka.

Oh, how the mighty have fallen.

Are we stripping him for parts?

I need you to look at something.

It's a Telepresence Chip. He's wired.

Somebody in Zalem is riding him.

There are watchers behind
the eyes all over the city.

Pretty common now.

I'd just as soon remove it…
while I'm rebuilding him.

[Vector] Why are you wasting time
on this burnt-out street junk?

[Chiren] It's a personal matter.

[Grewishka in different tone]
Do you like your job, Vector?

If you like your position

and the many comforts that come with it…

I strongly suggest
you listen to Dr. Chiren.

Nova.

My apologies.

Who did this to Grewishka?

A little cyborg girl.

Though the impact points
are evidence of extraordinary power,

I don't understand how she could create
such force with such a small body.

It was not the power of the body
that did this, it was the mind.

She knows the fighting
techniques of Panzer Kunst.

Rebuild Grewishka.

Have him bring her to me.

Dead.

[strained grunting]

He's gone.

-[in different tone] Not gone.
-[gasps]

Repatched.

You're a clever woman, Doctor.

And determined
to reach your goal at any cost.

So, I'll make you this offer.

If and when you have pleased me,

I will grant you the destiny you seek.

Zalem.

You'll send me to Zalem?

I'm there right now.

Consider my services engaged.

[Vector grunts]

[groans]

There is no bounty on Grewishka.

But you reported it to the Factory.

Him killing all of those women…

Somebody's protecting him.

Who has the power to do that?

Someone far beyond us here.

We better stay off the street for now.

I wanna be a Hunter-Warrior like you.

Alita, that's impossible.

-We could be a team.
-Alita, this is dangerous, dirty work.

-I know.
-No, you don't.

How is that your choice to make?

It's out of the question.

I might need a life-or-death situation
to remember who I was.

Even if it's just for a second.

Alita, some things
are better left forgotten.

I don't want blood on these hands too.

Then I'll find out for myself.

[Ido] Alita.

-[techno rock music playing]
-[crowd cheering]

[Alita] I'm just tired of it.

He just wants me
to be his perfect little girl.

[Hugo] So, you gonna live
by his rules or yours?

[announcer] What a battle!

These two have been going
at each other all match.

Welcome to Motorball.

[crowd continues cheering]

[announcer] Jashugan has got the ball.

Claymore attacks!

Jashugan takes him out!

Masakus sends Jashugan flying!

Kutty now with the ball, one point.

Zariki is in hot pursuit.

[engine revs]

-Wipeout, Zariki!
-Whoo!

And he throws Kutty like a rag doll!

Come on. Let me show you something.

-[indistinct conversation]
-[devices whirring]

I know all the pit crews and tuners.
I'll introduce you around.

[Alita] Who's the top player?

Right now, I'd say Jashugan

has the best chance
of making Final Champion.

Camber's still off in the left bogie.

I was oversteering in turn six.

What's Final Champion?

It's the best thing
a Motorball player can win.

Every few years, they choose
a player that can't be beaten,

-and he gets to go to Zalem.
-[player] Hey, Hugo.

[Jashugan] Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.

Do it once, do it right.

Juggernaut needs to pit, right now.

Do you like to lose?

Then get him in here.

[Vector] Claymore is a rebuild.
Why is he not tracking?

[Chiren softly] Alita's here.

That's Vector.

He basically runs Motorball.
We do a lot of business with his team.

-Selling parts to him and his new tuner.
-Chiren.

[Jashugan] Let's go.
Get me back out there.

What? You're not the only one
with connections.

[announcer] Kutty closing in
on Juggernaut.

[crowd cheering]

Kinuba has Kutty in his sights.

[screams]

-[Kinuba yelling]
-[crowd cheering]

Oh! Kinuba went through him
like laundry with those Grindcutters.

Is that weapon even legal?

Kinuba's too strong with that new weapon.

He's screwing up the odds.

You know,
I could really use his Grindcutters…

for our other project.

[announcer] Crimson Wind
making her way through.

So, what do you think?

[crowd exclaiming]

I like it.

Yo, Hugo. We gotta go.

Hey, something's come up.

-Where are you going?
-[Hugo] I gotta do something.

Can you get back okay?

Yeah, sure.

Can you go out tomorrow?

I wanna show you
this place me and Tanji know.

It's out in the Badlands.
It might help with your memory.

I'd appreciate that.

Thanks. For everything.

[announcer] Wow! He is throwing down!

-[all laughing]
-Whoo!

Oh, shit!

-What the hell?
-Shit.

[grunts]

[yells]

[groaning in pain, body thuds]

-[groaning]
-[electricity crackling]

[man] Hurry up!

You're dead!

You little runts!

I'm gonna smash your skulls!

[grunting]

[Kinuba] You can't do this to me!

-[man 1] Ready.
-[man 2] Give me.

-[Kinuba groans]
-[man 2] Careful.

[Kinuba] You street punks!
I'm gonna make you pay for this.

Nice work.

Compliments to your crew.

Thank you, sir.

I'll pass it on.

Hey, man, where's my cut?

Hey, when you gonna tell
your hardbody you jack cyborgs, huh?

I'm not. And neither are you.

[Tanji] You afraid
she's gonna cut you loose?

[Kinuba grunts]

Get the Grindcutters
over to Chiren right away.

Use the service gate.

Go.

[Kinuba panting]

Vector, you prick.

I should've known.

What you should've known,
my friend, is that no one…

is greater than the game.

[screams]

-[Alita] What's outside the city?
-[Hugo] Not much.

The war wiped out all utilities
and most everything else.

All we know is the sky cities
fell all in one night…

when the enemy launched the last attack
with every ship they had.

Who was the enemy?

The URM.

United Republics of Mars. The U-R-M.

-[Alita] URM.
-[Hugo] On that last night of the war,

the earth shook and the sky burned.

But in the morning, Zalem still stood.

It's just up ahead.

This ship is from the battle of Zalem.

I figured that maybe seeing stuff
from the war would help trigger your…

Salvagers have jacked some stuff
over the years for metal,

but it's all URM technology,
so it's mostly been left alone.

-This is an URM ship?
-[Hugo] Uh-huh.

It's pretty hard to sell this stuff
since no one knows what it is…

[Alita shushes]

We have to go to the command deck.

It's forward.

How does she know that?

Hey, we can't get there. It's underwater.

How long do you think
she can hold her breath?

I don't know.

[exhales deeply]

[captivating music playing]

[metallic clang]

[breathes deeply]

Oh, this can't be good.

[machine trilling]

[sighs]

Forget it.

I won't do it.

But… But you have to.

This would help us fight Grewishka
and anyone else he sends after us.

This body,

it has the power I need.

I feel a connection to it I can't explain.

This could be who I am.

You've been given a chance to start over,
with a clean slate.

How many of us get that?

Why did an enemy warship

respond to me?

Because I knew that ship.

I've been on others like it, haven't I?

-Haven't I?
-[scoffs softly]

Whatever you were,
it's not who you are now.

No!

[voice shaking] I'm a warrior, aren't I?

And you know.

You've always known.

This is called a Berserker.

It's a humanoid weapon system
created by the URM Technarchy.

Your core was designed
to interface with this type of body.

Your identity code activated it.

The instinctive fighting technique you use

is Panzer Kunst, a lost combat art
for machine bodies.

It was used by the Berserkers.

This is why you're drawn
to conflict without hesitation.

It's part of your training.

You are not just a warrior, Alita.

You're an URM Berserker,

the most advanced
cyborg weapon ever created.

And that is exactly why
I will never unite you with this body.

That's fine.

Fine.

[sighs]

[weapons powering up]

State your business.

I'm here to register as a Hunter-Warrior.

[Hugo] How'd it go?

You're a Hunter-Warrior, all right.

Doc's gonna be pissed.

Whose rules do I live by?

-[indistinct conversation]
-[rock music playing in distance]

[Hugo] Whoa. Are you sure about this?
This place is just for bounty hunters--

[Alita] What do you think this is?

Besides, Ido says I'm drawn to conflict.

[dog whimpers]

[Alita] Oh. I remember you.

How's it going, little guy?

Good? [giggles]

Just watch my back.

Oh, boy.

[rock music playing]

[indistinct shouting]

[barkeep] Hey, Zapan! Not the furniture.

What brings you in here, sweets?

Come to see the Hunters up close?

Not exactly.

[Zapan chuckles]

Cupcake here is a bounty hunter.

-[cyborg] What?
-[scattered laughter]

So, you went down,
you filled out your application forms,

you got your ID badge,

and now you're just like us, yeah?

Let me introduce you
to some of your professional colleagues.

This is Master Clive Lee
of the White Hot Palm.

He has over 200 confirmed kills.

207.

[Zapan] Well, and this is Screwhead,
one of our most lethal bounty hunters.

And then, there's McTeague,

-the Dogmaster, with his Hellhounds.
-[Hellhound growls]

His biggest problem is having
enough left to identify after

so he can collect the bounty.

-[Hellhounds growling]
-[dog whimpers]

[Zapan] And then, there's me.

Zapan. Keeper of the legendary
Damascus Blade.

Honed to a monomolecular edge.
It slices armor like butter.

Forged before The Fall
by the lost arts of URM metallurgy.

And who did you kill to acquire it?

-[Zapan sighs]
-[sword sheathes]

A Hunter-Warrior is a solitary predator.

You'll be competing
against us for the kill.

You can see what you're up against.

[softly] Thanks.

I came to ask for your help

against our common enemy, Grewishka.

He's being protected by the system,
and continues to rampage unchecked.

And now, he's after Ido and me.

So, I'm calling on you,
my Hunter-Warrior brothers.

Let's band together
and defeat him once and for all.

-[Zapan snickering]
-[Hunter-Warriors laughing mockingly]

Any takers? Hmm?

No?

Big surprise.

You know, normally,
I wouldn't take a rookie under my wing,

share my knowledge.

I'm willing to make
an exception in your case,

if you'll cut loose Meat-Boy over here
and let me buy you a drink.

Hey, watch it.

And what could I learn
from a loudmouth pretty boy

who spends all of his money on his face?

[Hunter-Warriors laughing and whistling]

Maybe I'll pull your arms and legs off,
roll your head around in the street.

-Maybe that'll teach you some manners.
-[laughs]

-You might mess up your hair.
-[Hunter-Warriors exclaiming and laughing]

[Hunter-Warrior 1]
You gonna take that, Zapan?

[Hunter-Warrior 2]
He's scared of the pretty girl.

[Zapan yells]

[crowd exclaims]

[Zapan grunting]

You do not deserve such a weapon.

I heard you were the heroes of Iron City.

-I am not impressed.
-What the hell are you doing?

[whispers] I'm gonna need you
to stand way back.

I will take on anyone in this room.

And if I win, you fight alongside me.

This bitch broke my nose.

Yes, I did.

Heroes?

All I see are junkyard punks,
assorted cyber-trash,

and a bunch of drunken Motorball burnouts
too slow to play the game.

[both grunt]

[all grunting]

-[electricity crackling]
-[body thuds]

Thanks, Hugo.

[Hunter-Warriors yelling]

Oh, no.

[indistinct shouting, grunting]

Hold it!

Knock it off! Or no more free repairs!

[body thuds]

I'm with her.

Sorry about this.

You and I are going to have a little talk.

No, we had our talk.
You didn't leave me another choice.

-[explosion]
-[all grunting]

[Ido] Don't move.

-It's Grewishka.
-What's happened to him?

Well, to answer your question…

I've had a little upgrade.

I'm only here for the girl.

Ah, she's all yours.

What about the rest of you?

There ain't no bounty on this guy, Doc.

[chuckles]

Not our problem.

It's all right, Ido.

[dog yaps]

[growls, barking]

Aw.

The only one with courage.

So innocent.

[weapon discharges]

-[barking stops]
-[all exclaiming]

[grunts]

Iron City is no place
for innocents, little flea.

[Alita] I do not stand by
in the presence of evil.

I do not stand by in the presence of evil.

[breathing heavily]

[indistinct shouting]

Come to my world.

[indistinct shouting]

[Grewishka laughs wickedly, echoing]
Come, little flea.

Alita! No!

[Alita grunts]

[Grewishka laughs wickedly]

Welcome to the underworld. My world.

From here, there are worlds
above worlds above worlds,

going farther up than you can imagine.

And the trash of each one
flows down to the one below,

till it all ends up here.

It's where I used to live.

And it's where you're going to die.

[both grunting]

-[electricity crackling]
-[scoffs]

Dance, little flea.

[groaning]

[Grewishka grunts]

I was forgotten here to rot.

But I was saved, remade

by the same hand that
shapes your destiny even now.

Whose hand?

My master, Nova.

What do you know about me?

[Alita yelling]

[yells]

[weapons sheathe]

[Gelda] You have the soul of a survivor.

[grunting]

You'll never give up.

-Ah.
-Know what is hidden.

Always ask what is it
that you are not seeing?

[Alita] Nova?

[Gelda] He is the dragon
that must be slain.

Again.

-[Grewishka] Look at you.
-[grunts]

Where are you going?

[Alita grunting]

What's the matter?

My little toy doesn't
want to play anymore?

[grunts]

I'll turn you into a living pendant
to adorn my chest.

Then I can hear your voice
every moment of the day,

pleading for mercy!

[grunting]

[Grewishka chuckling wickedly]

Hi-yah!

-[Grewishka screams]
-[grunts]

-Fuck your mercy.
-[groaning]

No!

[growling]

[panting and groaning]

[Hellhounds barking in distance]

Break off!

[barking]

He wasn't a dog lover. I hate that.

Oh, come on.

[Ido] I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry.

You think you can replace us that easily?

Bring her back as many times as you like.

No one will dare harm you again.

[machine trilling, processing]

It's the adaptive technology
of the Berserker body.

The shell is reconfiguring
to her subconscious image of herself.

I've never seen anything like it.

It's making micro-adjustments
throughout every system.

Looks like she's a little
older than you thought.

Well, look at you.

Well, you were right.

A warrior's spirit needs
a warrior's body. [chuckles softly]

[air whooshing]

It draws in air, generating an arc plasma,

but how you control it, I don't know.

Didn't exactly come
with a manual, did you?

It's some kind of weapon.

Now you know who you are.

But that's just a shell.

It's not bad or good.

That part's up to you.

[captivating music playing]

Check these out. Pretty fresh, right?

Alita!

Wow.

You're…

-Back together?
-Very back together.

[chuckles]

You look… different.

It's all nanotech. It's a bunch of stuff
even Ido hasn't figured out yet.

-Are you stronger than you were?
-[Alita] Yeah.

And faster too.

It feels… more me.

[Hugo] Some guys might be
intimidated by a girl like you.

[Alita] Really? Why is that?

'Cause you could rip my arm off
and beat me with the wet end.

[both chuckle]

Well then, don't piss me off.

Why don't you like her?

I just never got the whole hardbody thing.
And besides, she's URM.

It means she was probably
the enemy at one point.

Yeah, 300 years ago. Get over it.

[Tanji chuckles softly]

I'm a lot more touch-sensitive too.

A lot higher density of force feedback

and texture sensors.

You wanna try it?

You can feel this?

Yes.

Close your eyes.

Close your eyes.

How about this?

Yes.

[Hugo] Where am I now?

You're…

with me.

[sweeping music playing]

Does it bother you

that I'm not completely human?

You are the most human person
I have ever met.

-[Grewishka grunting]
-[objects clattering]

He won't even let me fix his eye.
He says he wants the pain.

Enough.

[Grewishka grunts]

Nova.

You have failed me.

Stand.

You will never triumph
until you understand what she is.

She's the last of her kind.
The finest weapon of the URM Technarchy.

I need you to destroy this Alita.

I need you to bring me her heart.

I live only for her death.

[Vector] I hate when he does that.

This is not a man who tolerates failure.

I'm not trusting my future
to a piece of iron.

What do you have in mind?

To dreams.

I like your drive, Hugo.

You have a solid future with my team.

My future's in Zalem.

I remember your promise every day.

To send me up.

When I get you a million credits.

Personally, I'd rather rule in Hell
than serve in Heaven…

We'd be at the bottom of the food chain
up there, but down here,

we can live like kings.

So, tell me about this friend of yours.

Alita?

Is that her name? Alita. Hmm.

Hi.

Hi.

[groans]

What happened to you?

I wound up hanging out with Vector.

Some alcohol was involved.

Apparently.

So, Vector? Is that your connection
for getting into Zalem?

Yeah.

Oh.

I was hoping maybe you'd wanna stay.

Hey, it's not right away.

I still gotta raise
the rest of the money first.

It's okay.

It's your dream.

I know it's what you've always wanted.

[Hugo] You know,

I was always so sure.

Now you come along,

nothing's clear anymore.

How much more do you need
before you can go?

90k.

90k?

I can make that in bounties.
I'll just figure out who has

the highest prices on their heads
and take them out.

No, I can't ask you to do that for me.

I'd do whatever I had to for you.

I'd give you whatever I have.

What are you doing?

-[heart beating, whirring]
-I'd give you my heart.

Take it.

It's got an URM Micro-Reactor
power supply, probably worth millions.

With your connections,
you can find a buyer…

You could make enough
for both of us to go to Zalem,

-and then we find a cheap replacement.
-No.

Come on, you buy
and sell parts all day long.

Don't just do things for people.

No matter how good you think they are,
or how deserving they are.

It's all or nothing with me.

This is who I am.

I know.

It's okay.

Put it back.

[Alita sighs]

[puffs] That was pretty intense,
huh? [chuckles]

[chuckles] Yeah, that was very intense.

[laughs] Sorry.

Maybe there's another way.

Vector wants you to try out
for Second League.

What?

You become a big Motorball star,
make a pile of money,

we can go to Zalem together.

What are you talking about?
I can't be a pro Motorball player.

Ali, you could be a champion.

You win this tryout, every scout
will be killing each other to get to you.

We'll be home free.

Only if you'll be my coach.

-Well, if that's what it takes.
-[chuckles] That's what it takes.

[engine starts]

[crony] Are you going to kill her?

No.

Much worse.

[scoffs]

[muffled crowd cheering]

Ido, can a human love a cyborg?

Why? Does this cyborg love a human?

Mm-hmm.

A human can love a cyborg,

but you have to keep your mind
on the game, Alita.

It can get very rough out there.

Even for a tryout.

Try these.

Did you make these for me?

Yes.

They won't make you
any faster. It's regulation.

But at least they won't fail you.

Here's our deal.

You go in there, you race,
you win, you come back right here.

You wear all of these pads,
especially this one.

[Alita chuckles]

-I don't need all this crap.
-[Ido] Yes, you do.

Remember, if you wreck this body,

I can't fix it.
[whispers] This is URM technology.

[whispers] Yes, I know.

Now, go find a place to watch,
because you're making me nervous.

-[Gerhad chuckles]
-Good luck.

Bye.

[Vector] Thank you for coming
on such short notice.

You are the scum of the game.

But tonight, you are handpicked scum.

Because tonight is not a game.
It is a hunt.

I'm paying 500,000

to the one who kills
the girl called Alita.

-[comm chimes]
-Hey.

Where are you?
The tryout's about to start.

I'm on my way.
There's something I've gotta do first.

I'm doing this for us, remember?
You can't miss it.

I won't. Trust me.

[comm chimes]

-[tools whirring]
-[cyborg] Please, just stop!

I didn't do anything to you.

[Tanji] It's just business.
Nothing personal.

Tanji, stop!

[Tanji] Using my name?

Man, what's wrong with you?

I can't do this anymore.

What's the matter?
You're already gone half the time.

Now you show up with this line of crap!

It's the little hardbody, isn't it?

Listen, it's over.
Do you understand? I'm out.

And if you had any brains,
you'd leave this behind too.

I'm out.

For good.

You should've jacked that
bitch when you had the chance.

Would've been on your way
to Zalem right now--

[both grunting]

[Zapan laughing]

Well, very professional.

Hey, man, we don't want any trouble.

If this is your mark,
we're sorry. He's all yours.

[sighs] Hugo.

Jacking cyborgs.

Your little girlfriend might take that
kind of personally, don't you think? Hmm?

But you know girls.

She'll probably get all weepy
and forgive you…

when I show her your head.

There's no marker out on me.

There will be.
Murder pulls a tight little bounty…

even with gutter trash like you.

I never killed anyone.

You just did.

[grunts, breathing heavily]

She thinks she can punk me, huh?

-[Zapan grunts]
-[screaming]

Hugo, run!

[grunts]

[Zapan grunting]

[exhilarating music playing]

[woman gasps]

[glass breaking]

[man grunts]

[Hugo grunts]

[panting]

-[crowd cheering]
-[techno rock music playing]

[announcer] Next up
is Second League tryouts.

Will the Factory practice team
report to the line?

[crowd continues cheering]

The winner tonight will
make it one step closer

to qualifying for the Champions League.

Well, that is one tough lineup.

This is gonna be
one heck of a match tonight.

[cyborgs powering up]

[grunting]

That's no Factory team.

What?

These two punks in the back,
there are bounty markers on them.

And the other guys,
they are Hunter-Warriors.

[gasps]

[announcer] And here comes
tonight's one new prospect.

Okay, then, folks, give it up for Alita!

[crowd cheering]

Hugo brought her right to us.

-What'd you promise him?
-Hmm.

I'm sending him to Zalem,
of course. [chuckles wickedly]

[crowd cheering]

[dramatic music playing]

-[man grunts]
-Alita! Alita!

Hey.

[announcer] Since there is only
one new prospect…

-[Alita] What's up?
-…there will be no teams.

The name of the game is Cut-throat.

Go easy on me, guys.

Sure, kid. No worries.

[comm chimes]

-[Ido over comms] Alita.
-What are you doing?

It's a setup. You gotta get outta there.

They're gonna kill you.

Which ones?

All of them!

[engines revving]

[announcer] Players, ten-second warning.

[Alita scoffs]

Five seconds…

[machine beeps]

[buzzer sounds]

The new kid, Alita,
takes possession right off the snap.

[players grunting]

[screaming]

[crowd cheering]

A slow Tuesday night
just got hotter than the playoffs.

[players grunting]

Looks like the fans have themselves
an underdog darling

with the face of an angel
and a body built for battle.

[Alita grunts]

[crowd exclaims]

Maybe a little Motorball will break out
in the middle of this fight.

Oh, crap.

[Alita grunts]

-[yells]
-[crowd cheering]

Oh! Looks like it's
"No rules Tuesday" out there, folks.

[weapon whirring]

Ouch! You know that hurts!

[yells]

[Alita grunting, straining]

Stinger's got Alita in a lot of trouble.

[yells]

[crowd cheering]

She must've said something
in the locker room

that these guys did not like.

[Alita grunts]

Number 99, Alita!

[panting] Ali, it's me.

-I've got a big problem.
-Hugo, this is not a good time.

[Hugo] He's trying to kill me.

Who's trying to kill you?

Zapan, the Hunter-Warrior.
He killed Tanji.

[Alita] What do you mean?

[Hugo] Now, he's coming for me.

[announcer] Not sure our Battle Angel
can get out of this one.

Oh, shit. Here he comes!

-[Alita] Where are you?
-[Hugo] I'm headed to the old church.

Okay. I'm coming.

[announcer] I can't believe it!
Incredible!

I've never seen anything like this.

[exhilarating music playing]

[grunting]

[screaming]

Hey, I'm almost there.

Got it.

[grunting, straining]

[Alita grunting]

[both grunting]

[screaming]

Where are you going, huh?

[groaning, panting]

[Zapan grunts]

Looks like your Hugo hasn't
been entirely honest with you.

Is it true?

Ali… you don't understand.

I never killed anyone.

We only jacked parts.

We paralyzed them
and stripped them, that's all.

I needed the money for Zalem.

Step aside and let me do my job.

[grunts]

Touch him again and I will kill you.

Interference between a licensed
Hunter-Warrior and his kill

is a violation of Factory Law
and the Hunter's Code.

He's mine!

[whispers] Then make the kill.

Come on, Hunter-Warrior.

Tonight, you become one of us. [laughs]

Mm-mm. You know,
there's no room for love or mercy

in the Hunter's Code.

-[mechanical footsteps thudding]
-[machinery whirring]

[whispers] Let me make it easier for you.

[gasps]

[gasping]

[Alita] Hugo!

[Centurion] Deliver the criminal
Hugo, Bounty 9107.

Wanted for the crime of murder.

You better finish him before we do!

It's Hunter Law! [laughs]

-I have to get you to Ido.
-[Hugo straining] No. Centurions.

If you go back out there with me alive,
they'll kill us both.

[groans]

[sobbing] What did you do?

[Hugo] I didn't kill that guy.

But what does it matter?

I tore people apart.

People like you, for money.

Where were you tonight?

I went to go stop the others.

-And tell them I quit.
-Why?

[voice shaking] Because I love you.

[Alita crying]

[sobbing] God, I'm sorry.

[comm beeping]

Did you find them?

No.

-They're gone.
-[comm beeps]

[softly] You're so cold. Please don't die.

Please don't.

[voice shaking]
I'd give him my life if I could.

Maybe you can.

You have violated Factory Law
and the Hunter's Code

by protecting a wanted felon.

[Centurion] Where is the criminal
Hugo, Bounty 9107?

Hugo is dead. I claim the bounty.

Hunter-Warrior 26651.

[Centurion] Claim confirmed.

[heart beating, whirring]

Ah.

[laughs] Yeah, that's a cute trick.

You think this is gonna work, huh? Hmm?

Give me that.

[Centurion] Violation.
Hunter-Warrior Zapan,

stealing another's bounty is against
Factory Law and the Hunter's Code.

-Thanks.
-[sword swishes]

[Zapan] My face.

My… My face!

My face! No!

[Zapan whimpering]

How is he?

This city corrupts even good people.

He's good. He's stable.

[Ido] Chiren's surgical
technique was brilliant.

There's no brain damage.

Vector was running a scam.

If you're born on the ground,
you stay on the ground,

and no amount of money can change that.

The only one way to get from
the lower world to Zalem

is to become Final Champion.

You can't buy your way up there.

But how do you know that for sure?

I was born there.

I've removed it myself, the Mark of Zalem.

With our daughter's illness,

Chiren and I were forced
to descend here to Iron City.

And the man responsible for our exile,

the watcher behind the eyes, is Nova.

[gasps]

You had her heart in your hands…

and you let her live.

-I did.
-Why?

[Chiren] Because I'm a doctor.

And… [sighs] I'm a mother.

And somehow I forgot that.

I can't do this anymore.

I'm out.

Chiren, wait.

Don't you think it's time
you went to Zalem?

[Chiren sighs]

I could send you up there right now.

What I want…

it isn't up there.

[mechanical footsteps thudding]

[whispering] I have to do something.

I'll come back for you.

This is my fault.

This is my fault.

Don't ever feel sorry for yourself.

You're the only one built for this.

Thank you, Father.

[echoes] Vector!

[Centurion] Hostile intention detected.

Surrender your weapon.

Surrender your weapon.

[Alita grunting]

[Centurion powering down]

Security report.

[grunts]

Violation! Violation!

[distorted] Violation! Violation!

Did you get her?

Security?

You were never going to send
Hugo to Zalem, were you?

[Vector] Whoa.

I always keep my promise
to send people up.

Like Dr. Chiren here.

Nova demands body parts
for his experiments,

especially the brains
of people he admires.

And that is the only way
anyone ever gets to Zalem.

[breathing raggedly]

-[Grewishka grunts]
-[Alita groans]

It took you long enough.

I knew you wouldn't wait
for your fate to find you, little flea.

-[Alita panting]
-[Grewishka] Get up.

[soldier] Defense Ring!

[screaming]

[Alita grunts]

[Gelda] Finish the mission.

Destroy Zalem.

[Alita grunting]

[Gelda echoing] Destroy Zalem.

I know who my enemy is.

And I know he's watching us now.

And you're just his slave.

[Grewishka grunts]

And I'm just an insignificant girl.

[grunts]

[yells]

-[electrical crackling]
-[Grewishka groaning weakly]

-[Alita] Speak.
-No. No. Wait.

-Speak!
-What do you want me to say?

I'll say anything.

Not you. Him.

[distorted] So, we finally meet, Alita.

-Not your real name, of course.
-Nova?

Where are you?

Home. As we speak. Feet up.

Well, my girl, you've certainly
exceeded my expectations.

Killing my champion Grewishka.

Most impressive.

And turning
a selfish creature like Chiren.

I didn't see that coming.

So, when you walk out of here,
the Factory won't stop you.

This time.

I don't need your permission to live.

Others might.

Your Dr. Ido, for example.

And what about Hugo?

He's still alive, isn't he?

-We will track him down.
-[exhales] Hmm.

I've found the only way
to enjoy immortality

is to watch others die.

[groans]

[whispers] You just lost a puppet.

Well, that looks fatal.

No matter.

Vector was getting tiresome.

You've made
the biggest mistake of your life.

And what's that?

Underestimating who I am.

Then until next time.

Remember.

I see everything.

[comm chimes]

[Ido] Alita.

Factory enforcers came looking for Hugo.

Somehow, they knew he'd been kept alive.

I helped him escape,
but they've sealed the city.

-They're going to find him.
-Where is he?

He's trying to go up.

[wind blowing]

[Alita] Hugo! Hugo!

Hugo! Hugo!

[Hugo] Stop.

You have to come down.
We can't stay up here.

[Hugo] There's a bounty on me.
This is the only way.

No, this is dangerous.
We have to get down, now.

If I go back down there, I'm dead.

No. You have to listen to me, okay?
I've been right here before.

This is exactly where Nova wants you.

He's using you to get to me.

-Come on, we have to go back down.
-We belong up there, Alita.

We don't belong anywhere except together.

You'll always be running.

[voice shaking] Together.

Come with me.

Please.

[over speakers] We could be free.

[beeping]

Okay.

[chuckles in relief]

No!

[screams]

No!

[screaming]

[both grunting]

Hold on.

I got you.

Okay, okay. Don't move.

Don't move.

I'm gonna lift you up slowly.

[both grunting]

[Alita sobbing]

Thank you… for saving me.

I love you.

No!

No!

[announcer] It took her only a few months

to rise through the ranks
of the Second League.

And tonight,
she makes her first appearance

in the Champions League.

Where she has a chance
at becoming Final Champion

and going to Zalem.

[crowd cheering]

[sniffles]

[inhales deeply]

[crowd chanting] Alita! Alita! Alita!

[announcer] Let's hear it
for the Battle Angel herself,

number 99, Alita!

[crowd cheering]

[triumphant music playing]

[crowd chanting] Alita! Alita! Alita!

[chanting continues]

[upbeat electronic music playing]

["Swan Song" playing]

♪ I, I can't lie ♪

♪ I'm scared to open my eyes ♪

♪ 'Cause what if I find ♪

♪ Nothing at all, nothing at all ♪

♪ What is the point ♪

♪ Of my lips if they don't make noise? ♪

♪ What is the point ♪

♪ Of doing nothing at all
Watching it fall ♪

♪ The flicker burning
You know the time is running ♪

♪ Running out ♪

♪ Only I see ♪

♪ Oh, the diamonds
Diamonds breaking down ♪

♪ I won't stay quiet, I won't stay quiet ♪

♪ 'Cause staying silent's
The same as dying ♪

♪ I won't stay quiet
The flicker's burning up ♪

♪ This is not, this is not a
Swan, swan song ♪

♪ This is not, this is not a
Swan, swan song ♪

♪ We just gotta
We just gotta hold on tonight ♪

♪ This is not a
This is not a swan song, swan song ♪

♪ Swan dive ♪

♪ Yeah, it's a new life ♪

♪ Real fantasy ♪

♪ Wishing it was make-believe ♪

♪ What is the reason ♪

♪ Of doing nothing at all
Watching it fall ♪

♪ The flicker burning
You know the time is running ♪

♪ Running out ♪

♪ Only I see ♪

♪ Oh, the diamonds
Diamonds breaking down ♪

♪ I won't stay quiet, I won't stay quiet ♪

♪ 'Cause staying silent's
The same as dying ♪

♪ I won't stay quiet
The flicker's burning up ♪

♪ This is not, this is not a
Swan, swan song ♪

♪ This is not, this is not a
Swan, swan song ♪

♪ We just gotta
We just gotta hold on tonight ♪

♪ This is not a
This is not a swan song, swan song ♪

♪ Swan dive, yeah ♪

♪ Yeah, it's a new life ♪

♪ This is not, this is not a
Swan, swan song ♪

♪ This is not a, this is not a
Swan, swan song ♪

♪ We just gotta
We just gotta hold on tonight ♪

♪ This is not a
This is not a swan song, swan song ♪

♪ Swan dive ♪

♪ Yeah, it's a new life ♪

♪ It's a new life ♪

[upbeat electronic music playing]