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Review Roundup - Treading Water

AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH (2025)

Ah James Cameron, once master of the low budget thrill ride, the big budget tech demo, and the director of the ultimate sequel. In some ways he never recovered from the generic nature of True Lies and the mushy slog of Titanic but that's a story for another time. Of course most recently, in a relative sense, the sanctuary moon of 'Pandora' took his focus for fifteen years, not counting all that visual effects development. Which isn't to say this world doesn't have its share of Saturday morning cartoon level thrill power. So when this instalment, perhaps the last but probably not, threatens to be something deeper it's a shame it doesn't stick the landing.