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.

It's better than the second film — bolder and tighter — and still has its share of amazements. But the series no longer feels visually unprecedented.

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.

Fire and Ash - 20th Century Studios James Cameron works on his own time. After the filmmaker's "Titanic" obliterated box office records and dominated the Oscars, it took 12 years for Cameron to follow that up with 2009's "Avatar,