Avatar: The Way of Water Movie Review

Avatar: The Way of Water Movie Review

CAST: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Kate Winslet

MANAGER: James Cameron

GENRE: Science Fiction

DURATION: 3 hours 12 minutes 

It's been 13 years since James Cameron's Avatar was released. We were all fascinated by this strange new world of exotic flora and fauna, the Na'vi completely at one with nature, and the incorporation of human avatars into the world. The main plot of the film revolves around human greed. It shows them as colonists determined to destroy the natural habitat of an alien planet in order to mine unobtanium.  The present film, which is set approximately 13 years after the first film, shows the human Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), who miraculously becomes fully Na'vi and takes on the mantle of a warlord after the return of humans to Pandora. He and his wife Neytiri (Zoe Saldana) have three children: Neteyam (Jamie Flatters), Lo'ak (Britain Dalton) and their young daughter Tuk (Trinity Jo-Li Bliss). An adopted teenager named Kiri (Sigourney Weaver), and a feral human child named Spider (Jack Champion) are also part of their family. Humans have perfected avatar technology. Now Na'vi clones no longer need to be mind controlled by people lying in suspended animation. The controllers' memories can be directly implanted as chips into their brains, turning them into sentient bio-robots. Colonel Miles Quaritch (Stephen Lang), the arch-villain of the first part who died near the end, now resurfaces as an avatar. He and a platoon of bloodthirsty soldiers were resurrected as the Na'vi. Their mission is to capture and kill Jack Sully with extreme prejudice. He divines their intentions and flees to seek asylum from Pandora's merpeople, called Metkayina, who live on remote islands and have adapted to life in the ocean. They are led by Ronal (Humans have perfected avatar technology. Now Na'vi clones no longer need to be mind-controlled by people lying in suspended animation. Controllers' memories can be implanted directly under form chips in their brains, turning them into sentient bio-robots.Colonel Miles Quaritch (Stephen Lang), the arch-villain of the first part who died towards the end, now resurfaces as an avatar.He and a platoon of bloodthirsty soldiers have been resurrected as the Na'vi, their mission is to capture and kill Jack Sully with extreme prejudice, he guesses their intentions and flees to seek asylum from Pandora's merpeople, called Metkayina , who live on remote islands and have adapted to life in the ocean. They are led by Ronal ( Humans have perfected avatar technology. Now Na'vi clones no longer need to be mind-controlled by people lying in suspended animation. The controllers' memories can be directly implanted as chips into their brains, turning them into sentient bio-robots. Colonel Miles Quaritch (Stephen Lang), the arch-villain of the first part who died near the end, now resurfaces as an avatar. He and a platoon of bloodthirsty soldiers were resurrected as the Na'vi. Their mission is to capture and kill Jack Sully with extreme prejudice. He divines their intentions and flees to seek asylum from Pandora's merpeople, called Metkayina, who live on remote islands and have adapted to life in the ocean. They are led by Ronal (The Controllers' memories can be directly implanted as chips into their brains, turning them into sentient bio-robots. Colonel Miles Quaritch (Stephen Lang), the arch-villain of the first part who died circa the end, now resurfaces as an avatar. He and a platoon of bloodthirsty soldiers have been resurrected as the Na'vi. Their mission is to capture and kill Jack Sully with extreme prejudice. He divines their intentions and fled to seek asylum from Pandora's merpeople, calledMetkayina, who live on remote islands and have adapted to life in the ocean. They are led by Ronal (The Controllers' memories can be directly implanted as chips into their brains, turning them into sentient bio-robots. Colonel Miles Quaritch (Stephen Lang), the arch-villain of the first part who died circa the end, now resurfaces as an avatar. He and a platoon of bloodthirsty soldiers have been resurrected as the Na'vi. Their mission is to capture and kill Jack Sully with extreme prejudice. He divines their intentions and flees to seek asylum from the merpeople of Pandora, called Metkayina, who live on remote islands and have adapted to life in the ocean. They are led by Ronal ( Their mission is to capture and kill Jack Sully with prejudice

Like the first film, this one offers a visual spectacle like no other. For nearly two hours of the 192 minutes of operation, you feel like you're immersing yourself in an ocean, encountering miniature glow-in-the-dark fish and other aquatic creatures large and small that share an uncanny similarity to our own marine biology. We also see the Sea Tree of Souls, located under water. There is also a magical butterfly-like creature that can bond with the Na'vi and help them breathe underwater. You are transfixed, trying to understand everything. And watching it in IMAX 3D really ups the stakes. Kudos to James Cameron for showing us another delightful side to Pandora.

The film also serves as a memory palace for Cameron. There are nods to his previous hits such as Aliens, The Terminator, The Abyss and even The Titanic. From being a story of ruthless settlers who don't care about the natives or the planet they are destroying, the film becomes a tale of personal vendetta. Quaritch receives carte blanche from the human authorities to kill Sully at any cost. Their face-off, which takes place in the last 20 minutes of the film, resembles a small-scale naval battle. This is when the film really takes off. So far, we feel like we're watching scenes of serene family vacations by the sea, then things turn into Apocalypse Now territory, and by the end, we feel like we're watching the premise of The Patriot. By the way, the last two are not Cameron films.

There remain several unanswered questions. We are shown that Kiri is the daughter of Dr. Grace Augustine (Sigourney Weaver), who was killed in the last film. But who is his biological father? And how does she have a shaGrace Augustine (Sigourney Weaver), who was killed in the last film. But who is his real father? And how did he have the shamanic ability to telepathically connect with wildlife both above and below water?man-like ability to telepathically link with wildlife both above and below the water? How come humans, who came from Earth to Alpha Centauri, don't have the technology to make the kind of glass that isn't easily pierced by arrows? If our planet has been depleted of its resources, how do we still have the funds to build spaceships capable of moving through galaxies?

Watch the movie for its wonderfully crafted images that make you feel like you're on an alien planet. The film's message of loving your family and facing upheaval together is sure to resonate with Indian audiences.

TRAILER: AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER