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Avatar is rated Not Rated:
Release Date: 18 December 2009
Our review will be posted on the date this movie opens in theaters.
Synopsis:
Crippled from the waist down in battle, Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) knows he will never walk again. Then he gets the unexpected opportunity to become an Avatar—the mind link that controls the body of a genetically engineered alien life form. When he is sent to the home planet of the Na’vi and his virtual self begins interacting with the inhabitants, the soldier starts questioning the purpose of his military mission.
Studio: Twentieth Century Fox
Director: James Cameron
Stars: Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez
Studio: 2009 Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation. Visit the official movie site.
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This movie should not be confused with The Avatar: The Last Airbender (an animated TV series), which coincidentally is also being adapted to the big screen under the name of The Last Airbender, to be release in the Summer of 2010.
Living in a virtual world is a premise explored in The Matrix franchise. Humans visit other alien worlds in the movies Star Trek: Insurrection, Contact and (with a much les serious approach) Galaxy Quest.

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