In Avatar: Fire and Ash, Worthington returns as Jake Sully, the human-turned-Na'vi leader who finds love with Neytiri. The actor previously told EW that Neteyam's death awakens a more "primal" side of Jake, who's been trying to avoid battle at all costs.

Cameron hasn't lost his zesty storytelling brio, even if the story he tells is starting to feel like his version of the "Star Wars" prequels. As in: It's fine, but do we actually care about it? Cameron himself has a sixth sense for when to break up the windy chronicle of Pandora with a squid attack,

James Cameron's new film, starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, and Stephen Lang, is in theaters December 19.

Never has so much directorial artistry and technological innovation been squandered on sci-fi nonsense as with James Cameron’s Avatar films, whose stunning 3D CGI spectacles are undercut by unsightly character designs,

"Avatar: Fire and Ash" is another visually stunning film in James Cameron's billion-dollar franchise. But again, the story leaves much to be desired.

In James Cameron’s latest 3-D science-fiction extravaganza, the Na’vi family tree gets more complicated, but our sense of wonderment flattens out.

With Avatar: Fire and Ash, Cameron treats Pandora's vast seas like his personal kitchen sink and throws just about everything imaginable into its waters. Cameron hearkens back to the wacky "leave it all on the court" bravado Sam Raimi and Gore Verbinski brought to their trilogy cappers with Spider-Man and the Pirates of the Caribbean series.