Avatar: Fire And Ash (12A)
Cast: Zoe Saldana, Jamie Flatters, Sam Worthington, Trinity Bliss, Kate Winslet, Sigourney Weaver, Jack Champion, Bailey BassGenre: Action
Author(s): James Cameron, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver
Director: James Cameron
Release Date: 16/12/2022; 03/10/2025; 19/12/2025 (selected cinemas)
Running Time: 197mins
Country: US
Year: 2025
Following the death of their eldest son Neteyam during a fierce battle with members of the Resources Development Administration (RDA) led by Colonel Miles Quaritch, Jake Sully, wife Neytiri, remaining children Lo'ak and Tuktirey and adopted daughter Kiri settle into their new way of life at sea with the Metkayina tribe. A dangerous new tribe led by Varang poses a threat to the family unit's simple existence and once again, they feel compelled to fight for survival.
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Avatar: Fire And Ash (12A) Film Review from LondonNet
A little goes a very long way in the third chapter of director James Cameron’s blockbusting franchise, which has amassed worldwide box office takings in excess of 5.2 billion US dollars and holds the record for the highest grossing film of all time with the saga’s Oscar-winning opening instalment. Cameron and co-writers Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver deliver a masterclass in candyfloss storytelling, expertly fluffing around an hour of linear plot and character development into more than three hours of jaw-dropping visual spectacle that continues to push the envelope for performance capture technology…
Following the death of eldest son Neteyam (Jamie Flatters) at the hands of Colonel Miles Quaritch (Stephen Lang) and the Resources Development Administration (RDA), Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) is mired in grief. He adopts a policy of ‘Say nothing, keep busy’ as his family acclimatises to life in a reef village of the Metkayina tribe under the protection of chief Tonowari (Cliff Curtis) and wife Ronal (Kate Winslet). Jake’s wife Neytiri (Zoe Saldana) is a shadow of her former self, consumed by anger towards the ‘pink skins’ who murdered Neteyam. Jake reminds her that he is one of the people she hates, but defiantly asserts: “It doesn’t matter what colour I am, I still remember what team I’m playing for.”
Surviving son Lo’ak (Britain Dalton) continues to blame himself for Neteyam’s demise and his sister Tuktirey (Trinity Bliss), adopted sister Kiri (Sigourney Weaver) and surrogate brother Spider (Jack Champion) buoy his spirits in the face of sustained attacks by the RDA on pods of sentient whale-like creatures called the Tulkun, Quaritch plots to tear his son Spider away from Jake and forges a dangerous pact with ferocious warrior queen Varang (Oona Chaplin) and the Mangkwan clan, who harness the power of fire from a kingdom steeped in volcanic ash. This union threatens the Sully family and once again, they fight for survival. As rivalries intensify, Kiri leverages her strong connection to Eywa, the maternal consciousness that sustains life in myriad forms on Pandora.
The law of diminishing returns holds firm for Avatar: Fire And Ash, the weakest phase of humanity’s bloodthirsty battle with the Na’vi. A 197-minute running is unnecessary self-indulgence on Cameron’s part but he continues to dazzle with digitally rendered artistry on bioluminescent land, underwater and in the air. Especially in 3D, his bombastic picture is an intoxicatingly immersive experience, strapping us to the back of an airborne banshee as it barrel rolls around the floating Hallelujah Mountains or deep diving with a plesiosaur-like ilu into the spawning ground of the ancient Tulkun.
Scriptwriters rely on the undeniable emotional pull of a blended family rallying in the face of cataclysmic adversity as glue between outlandish set pieces. Worthington and Saldana accentuate the divide between their anguished couple and Chaplin relishes her showy introduction as one of the deadliest predators on the alien moon. Female characters of every species continue to tip the balance of power. Mothers are the necessity of Cameron’s invention.
– Jo Planter
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