Alita: Battle Angel - 16 WTF Moments

3. Vector's Hilarious Death

Alita Battle Angel Mahershala Ali
Fox

It's important to remember that Vector is really just a puppet of the real big bad, Nova, and this results in some deliciously silly gallows humour during his final confrontation with Alita.

She ends up fatally stabbing Vector, telling him (as Nova), "You just lost a puppet." Vector then takes one look at his wound and hilariously quips, "That looks fatal."

Credit to Mahershala Ali: the guy didn't have much to do in this movie, but he sold the campy absurdity of this scene perfectly. But as an actor who may well end up a two-time Oscar winner in a few short weeks, he deserved so much better.

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