Contains moderate violence and intense battle scenes.

Recommended

Release date: 17 December 2009

Running time: 162 mins

Director: James Cameron

Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez, Zoe Saldana, Sam Worthington

Winner of three Academy Awards - including Best Cinematography and Best Visual Effects - and breaking box office records at Cineworlds all over the UK, Avatar is now officially the biggest movie of all time!   In 1997 director James Cameron gave us Titanic - the biggest movie ever. Now, with the all-conquering Avatar, he's done it again! Amazingly, it's been 15 years since Cameron dreamt up the idea for Avatar. Back then, the special effects needed to bring his vision to the big screen didn't exist. Today they do! Set on the distant planet of Pandora, the film stars Sam Worthington as Jake Sully a disabled soldier whose consciousness is implanted into an Avatar - an artificial body which enables him to survive on the deadly planet. The avatar is made using the DNA of Pandora's inhabitants, the Na'vi. With hostilities escalating between the Na'vi and the human intruders, Jake meets a native female named Neytiri (Zoe Saldana) - and begins a journey towards his incredible destiny.

Screenplay: James Cameron

You should see it because: It is, quite simply, the film of the decade - a sweeping sci-fi fantasy saga with stunning state-of-the-art special effects.

See it if you liked: Star Wars (1977), Titanic (1998), The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King (2003)