
The world is divided into four kingdoms, each represented by the element they harness, and peace has lasted throughout the realms of Water, Air, Earth, and Fire under the supervision of the Avatar, a link to the spirit world and the only being capable of mastering the use of all four elements. When young Avatar Aang disappears, the Fire Nation launches an attack to eradicate all members of the Air Nomads to prevent interference in their future plans for world domination. 100 ... (Full plot summary below)
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The world is divided into four kingdoms, each represented by the element they harness, and peace has lasted throughout the realms of Water, Air, Earth, and Fire under the supervision of the Avatar, a link to the spirit world and the only being capable of mastering the use of all four elements. When young Avatar Aang disappears, the Fire Nation launches an attack to eradicate all members of the Air Nomads to prevent interference in their future plans for world domination. 100 years pass and current Fire Lord Ozai continues to conquer and imprison anyone with elemental "bending" abilities in the Earth and Water Kingdoms, while siblings Katara and Sokka from a Southern Water Tribe find a mysterious boy trapped beneath the ice outside their village. Upon rescuing him, he reveals himself to be Aang, Avatar and last of the Air Nomads. Swearing to protect the Avatar, Katara and Sokka journey with him to the Northern Water Kingdom in his quest to master "Waterbending" and eventually fulfill his destiny of once again restoring peace to the world. But as they inch nearer to their goal, the group must evade Prince Zuko, the exiled son of Lord Ozai, Commander Zhao, the Fire Nation's military leader, and the tyrannical onslaught of the evil Fire Lord himself.
Leave your thoughts about The Last Airbender.
| Spectrum (St. George, Utah)Bruce BennettEven pre-teens will have to endure the fragmented plot lines, stilted acting, and an absence of humor. |
| Montreal Film JournalKevin N. LaforestShyamalan has taken what could have been a big, flashy, generic Hollywood production and made it wholly his own. |
| Flick FilosopherMaryAnn Johanson[Shyamalan] wanted to leave us shaking our heads and marveling at a terribleness that was not merely terrible, but a terribleness that leaves you astonished at just how very, very terrible it is. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzIt's a stinker that takes itself so seriously, but might bring about unintentional laughter to those who can view this rubbish as merely a goof. |
| Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallThe Last Airbender makes the cartoon version with its ratchet-jawed characters and clunky animation seem like a Pixar classic. |
| Mania.comRob VauxWhat part of this story necessitated such a po-faced treatment? |
| Boston HeraldJames VerniereThe film, which is a live-action adaptation of a Nickelodeon Asian-anime-influenced cartoon series, is supposed to be the start of a new movie franchise. Forget about it. |
| FromTheBalconyBill ClarkWhere's the fun? We're talking about characters that can throw fire and water. Where's the excitement and sense of wonder? |
| Seattle TimesTom KeoghThe sprawling story is so dramatically compressed there is barely enough oxygen for relationship growth (crucial in Avatar), let alone traces of an interesting director's personality. |
| Reel Times: Reflections on CinemaMark PfeifferThe Last Airbender is swollen with portentous mumbo jumbo and realized in the most simplistic and mundane ways imaginable. |