Visually stunning but unoriginal story-line.....

Rating: 7/10 (23 July 2017)

SPOILER ALERT! The story line of this movie is basically this, soldier goes to infiltrate a native people/tribe to spy on them by unscrupulous commanders/employer, soldier comes to sympathize with the tribal people and changes sides to fight his own people, sound familiar? Then think of The Last Samurai/The Mission etc in outer space and you get the idea of the direction of the story, not to say the movie doesn't do it well, but its been done so many times before. The cast as a whole are solid but a little too predictable, you can tell which character will fill which role just by looking at them, you know right away Sam Worthington will be the hero, Stephen Lang the villain etc. Away from the repetitive plot and predictable characters, the visual effects of the movie are some of the best I've ever seen, Pandora is stunning, poisonous atmosphere aside, the wildlife is actually believable as are the Na'vi as an intelligent life form from another world. If you like great special effects and stunning visual imagery, this movie is for you, but don't expect an original plot with any surprises.