The sentimental familiarity and dazzling look of the sequel 13 years after the original Avatar must be its own reward, as we return to idyllic Pandora where Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), a paraplegic marine, stayed after his full-bodied avatar fell in love with the beautiful warrior Neytiri (Zoe Saldana).
In The Way of Water they are loving parents with a brood of pointy-eared children to protect from the Sky People (humans), who want to not just mine Pandora but colonise it. As an aside, the marines are using avatars with uploaded personas to seek revenge against their own turncoat, Sully.
