Avatar is a 3-D science fiction epic film written and directed by James Cameron, due to be released on December 16, 2009[1] by 20th Century Fox. The film is Lightstorm Entertainment's latest project, and focuses on an epic conflict on a far-away world called Pandora, where humans and the native species of Pandora, the Na'vi, engage in a war over the planet's resources and existence.[7]
The film will be released in 2D and 3D formats, along with an IMAX 3D release in selected theaters. The film is being touted as a breakthrough in terms of filmmaking technology, for its development of 3D viewing and stereoscopic filmmaking with cameras that were specially designed for the film's production.[8] The film has been rated PG-13 by the MPAA for intense epic battle sequences and warfare, sensuality, language and some smoking.[9]
The film is slated to win two awards even before its premiere.
Plot
In the distant future, Jake Sully, a paraplegic war veteran, is offered a second chance in the military. He's transported to a planet called Pandora, where the world's armed forces have been pit in a fierce battle against the planet's native species (the na'vi) for years, struggling to mine a vital energy source for earth, which vastly rests under the na'vi settlement.
Jake takes part in a new war strategy, which involves regular human DNA being mixed with DNA fragments of the natives to form an AVATAR, which is essentially a human disguised as one of the creatures themeselves. Jake is told to act as a spy within the na'vi camp, learning their culture, and more importantly, weaknesses.
Being able to walk again whilst in his avatar, and somewhat wanting to prove that 'he can pass any test a man can pass", Jake is fully devoted to the mission and journeys into hostile na'vi territory. But, upon arival, Jake witnesses the first-hand mass slaughter and continous destruction of the na'vi race, by none other than his own troops. Instead of being the agressive, blood-thirsty aliens they were made out to be, the na'vi are largley the victims of the war, harbouring a peaceful society which is under attack and risking total-destruction due to the unsought war.
Jake knows he can't just stand by, and not do anything about the humane annihilation, so he enlists the help of na'vi princess Neytiri, and turns the tables by giving the na'vi vital human intelligence, and ultimately leading them in an epic battle to fight for their land against the invaders.
Starring
- Sam Worthington
- Zoë Saldaña
- Sigourney Weaver
- Michelle Rodriguez
- Stephen Lang
- Joel David Moore
- Giovanni Ribisi
- CCH Pounder
- Dileep Rao
- Matt Gerald
- Laz Alonso
- Peter Mensah
- Wes Studi
Directed by
James Cameron
