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The Last Airbender

Play trailer 1:31 Poster for The Last Airbender PG 2010 1h 43m Fantasy Adventure Play Trailer Watchlist
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The four nations of Air, Water, Earth and Fire lived in harmony until the Fire Nation declared war. A century later, there is still no end in sight to the destruction, then, an Avatar named Aang (Noah Ringer) discovers that he has the power to control the four elements. He joins forces with Katara (Nicola Peltz), a Waterbender, and her brother, Sokka, to restore balance and harmony to their world.
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The Last Airbender squanders its popular source material with incomprehensible plotting, horrible acting, and detached joyless direction.

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Sukhdev Sandhu Daily Telegraph (UK) 07/18/2014
1/5
A quite breathtakingly inept hodge-podge of vapid spirituality, playground chopsocky and visual effects that take 3D to an entirely new level: Zero-D. Go to Full Review
Jim Schembri The Age (Australia) 09/16/2010
1/5
This empty, misfired epic from M. Night Shyamalan is boring and strengthens the claim that he is the worst director working in mainstream cinema today. Go to Full Review
David Sexton London Evening Standard 08/19/2010
1/5
How did Shyamalan get it so wrong? Go to Full Review
James Profetto Reel James (YouTube) Jul 4
1/10
This did provide something for me: the worst experience I might have ever had watching a movie in my life. Go to Full Review
Don Shanahan Every Movie Has a Lesson 07/20/2025
1/5
The action scenes, even with the somewhat dazzling effects, are badly staged and feel like that they have no purpose. Go to Full Review
Joseph Tomastik Loud and Clear Reviews 11/20/2024
The Last Airbender is a bad film ... But I don’t think this is an absolutely terrible catastrophe of a film or even a disrespectful adaptation. Go to Full Review
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Christian R @RT90248046 3h 4.0/10 Visually, it looks great. Writing, directing, acting, it's really bad. It lacks the soul of the original series. See more Steven P @RT94230939 1d Was M. Night Shyamalan on drugs when he made this movie? 1. Poor acting 2. Super short running time 3. Slow special effects 4. Too much plot guidance. Nothing develops or unfolds. 5. Miscasting 6. "My name is Ong" See more Lisa H @RT81287886 3d If I could give it 0 stars, I would. I am so glad they never did a sequel. I hated how they only had partial rights to the characters so they changed their named. Aang isn't Ung.... This movie is a crime against humanity. Though I have talked to people who have not watched the original series and they say its a great movie. But to anyone who actually knows the lore, do not watch this! See more Alex G @RT15582241 Jul 19 It's a meme how bad this is. See more Lincoln L @Linkolnbio2 Jul 13 This movie just sucks See more Anirudh I @RT28978009 Jun 30 If the Hollywood's standards were not too high for VFX, scriptwriting or acting, this can rather be considered a decent first attempt to bring Avatar: The Last Airbender of Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko to life. The highlights of this adaptation are the performances of Noah Ringer, Dev Patel and Seychelle Gabriel in their respective roles. Even though the unfair critical and commercial failure of this film resulted in the termination of Manoj Shyamalan's visionary dream to bring the world of Avatar: The Last Airbender to life, this dream is only recently being realized true by the ongoing Netflix series which made many major improvements in the live action depiction of Avatar: The Last Airbender. Every fan of the Netflix live- action must watch this film at least once to learn how creativity is a process and how many baby steps it takes to grant a noble vision a giant leap. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis The four nations of Air, Water, Earth and Fire lived in harmony until the Fire Nation declared war. A century later, there is still no end in sight to the destruction, then, an Avatar named Aang (Noah Ringer) discovers that he has the power to control the four elements. He joins forces with Katara (Nicola Peltz), a Waterbender, and her brother, Sokka, to restore balance and harmony to their world.
Director
M. Night Shyamalan
Producer
M. Night Shyamalan, Sam Mercer, Frank Marshall
Screenwriter
M. Night Shyamalan
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Production Co
Blinding Edge Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon Movies, Kennedy/Marshall, Industrial Light & Magic
Rating
PG (Fantasy Action Violence)
Genre
Fantasy, Adventure
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 1, 2010, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 9, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA)
$131.6M
Runtime
1h 43m