Thanks to 20th Century Studios Home Entertainment and CC-PR for providing a digital code to view this movie. All thoughts are my own.

Avatar: The Way Of Water is available exclusively to purchase on Digital now! This 2022 James Cameron sequel picks up 14–16 years later in Pandora. Jake Sully and family must battle to protect their home after the RDA returns and threatens their existence. Earth is dying, and the RDA wants to overtake Pandora.. and find Jake Sully. Follow the Sully's adventures as they figure out what family and home means to them. 

The movie opens with a brief history of Jake's time on Pandora, his current family situation, and then dives into the RDA's desire to take hold of Pandora plus capture Jake Sully. The rest of the film is dedicated to how Sully tries to protect his family, hides from the RDA, finds a new home, and even keep his new tribe safe while standing up for his beliefs. Ultimately, with the help of his new tribe, he and his family survive but not without heartache and bloodshed. Plus, they discover some pretty cool creatures and properties of Planet Pandora's ocean while finding a new home along the way. 

Avatar: The Way of Water is the third-highest grossing film of all time and has been nominated for numerous awards, including Best Picture.  Out of four nominations, the film won Best Visual Effects of the Academy Awards. It's no wonder because the visual effects for this moving are outstanding! 

From the opening credits through the ending scenes, I felt like I was viewing this film up close and personal. The features of the characters are very pronounced as well as the effects of fire, water, storms, fighting, and even the majestic sea creatures! 

During some scenes, we could even see the water beading off of both characters and sea creatures, such as when the Tulkun emerged from the water! I am in awe at the sea life, the characteristics and features of the Na'vi tribes, and even the weaponry used in warfare. 

This movie has it all: love, family loyalty, and of course, torture and violence. While I don't want to give away all the special details, there are some pretty cool moments in this film: the introduction of a new Na'vi people and its culture, the marine life (hello large Tulkun), and the fierce love of the Sully family. 

The movie contains some very real things we deal with in everyday life: cultural differences, cultural animosity, the effects of a family trying to fit into a new community, and the desired power from those that dare take it and cause war over it. These things are hard for us to admit in our own society, but it gives us great starting points to talk about with our friends and family. 

I found myself feeling and caring about the Sully family as they try to escape from the "Sky People" and find a new home with the Na'vi water clan known as the Metkayina. I could feel their fear, their hesitation, their strength, and their loyalty to each other as they learn the ways of the water. I could also feel their grief as they lose one of their own, as they battle their beliefs of wrong versus right, and their realization that at the end of the battle, they are finally home. 

I would definitely recommend watching Avatar: The Way of Water with your teens, adult children, or friends. I might have second thoughts about letting my younger children watch, but that's really a parental responsibility you will need to decide.  It's PG-13 rating is rightly given, but it contains more than just violence, language, and nudity. It contains a story about loyalty, about forgiveness, about trust, about finding a way to live life despite the pain every family encounters. 

This digital exclusive includes 3 hours worth of bonus features: including insider information on the creation of Pandora and its characters along with special highlights of the cast, crew, and filming techniques used in Avatar: The Way of Water. 

Directed by James Cameron

Produced by James Cameron, Jon Landau

Executive Produced by David Valdes, Richard Baneham

Screenplay by James Cameron, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver

Story by James Cameron, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Josh Friedman, Shane Salerno