Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
Avatar: The Way of Water is a 2022 action movie directed by James Cameron, with a running time of 3h 12m. It stars Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña and Sigourney Weaver.
More than a decade has passed on Pandora, and Jake Sully now lives as a Na'vi, raising a family with Neytiri among the forest clans. When the human RDA returns to hunt them, the Sullys flee their home and seek shelter with the Metkayina, a reef people who live along Pandora's oceans. James Cameron builds the sequel around water: bioluminescent tides, breath-holding rituals, sea creatures the size of ships. Sigourney Weaver, Kate Winslet, and Stephen Lang join the returning cast. At heart it stays a story about parents, children, and the cost of protecting them.
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What is Avatar: The Way of Water about?
More than a decade has passed on Pandora, and Jake Sully now lives as a Na'vi, raising a family with Neytiri among the forest clans. When the human RDA returns to hunt them, the Sullys flee their home and seek shelter with the Metkayina, a reef people who live along Pandora's oceans. James Cameron builds the sequel around water: bioluminescent tides, breath-holding rituals, sea creatures the size of ships. Sigourney Weaver, Kate Winslet, and Stephen Lang join the returning cast. At heart it stays a story about parents, children, and the cost of protecting them.
When was Avatar: The Way of Water released?
Avatar: The Way of Water was released on 14 December 2022.
How long is Avatar: The Way of Water?
Avatar: The Way of Water runs 3h 12m.
Who made Avatar: The Way of Water?
Avatar: The Way of Water was directed by James Cameron.
Where can I watch Avatar: The Way of Water?
Avatar: The Way of Water is available on Disney+, Amazon, AppleTV and Fandango at Home.
Where to watch Avatar: The Way of Water
Stream: Disney+
Rent: Amazon, AppleTV, Fandango at Home
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Cast
- Sam Worthington as Jake Sully
- Zoe Saldaña as Neytiri
- Sigourney Weaver as Kiri
- Stephen Lang as Colonel Miles Quaritch
- Kate Winslet as Ronal
- Cliff Curtis as Tonowari
- Joel David Moore as Norm Spellman
- CCH Pounder as Mo'at
- Edie Falco as General Frances Ardmore
- Jemaine Clement as Dr. Ian Garvin
- Giovanni Ribisi as Parker Selfridge
- Britain Dalton as Lo'ak
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Fans drawn to protective parents under siege should try The Last of Us, where guarding a surrogate child drives every hard choice. For the human-versus-alien war beneath the spectacle, Old Man’s War runs on the same military sci-fi engine. Frank Herbert's Dune scales the ecology-as-destiny theme up to a desert planet, and the survival game Subnautica drops you into an alien ocean much like Pandora's reefs.
Blockbusters where the alien or fantasy world is the real main character
The Way of Water spends as much time on Pandora's reefs and currents as on its plot, and these picks share that same instinct. Subnautica drops players into an ocean planet built with the same obsessive detail, while Middle-earth in The Two Towers and The Return of the King, the galaxy of Revenge of the Sith, and 2001's cosmic scale all treat their setting as the main attraction.
Parents and guardians who'll go to war to protect their kids
Jake Sully spends the whole film choosing his family over his own safety, and this lineup runs on the same instinct. Kratos shields Atreus through God of War, Din Djarin refuses to give up Grogu, Joel protects Ellie across a ruined country, Arthur fights to keep his throne and his son safe in Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, and David searches for a mother's love in A.I. Artificial Intelligence.
Young found families defending their home from an invading army
The Sullys and the Metkayina band together as one family under threat, and these ensembles share that shape. The crews of One Piece and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are found families first, the Elric brothers in Fullmetal Alchemist protect each other against a militarized state, and the young heroes of My Hero Academia and Attack on Titan defend their home from forces that vastly outgun them.