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Avatar: The Way of Water (2022), an American epic science fiction film, is co-produced and directed by James Cameron. Together with Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver, Cameron co-wrote the screenplay based on a story they created with Josh Friedman and Shane Salerno. Sixteen years have passed since the Na’vi successfully defended Pandora against the Resources Development Administration (RDA). Jake Sully, now chief of the Omatikaya clan, lives happily with his family consisting of his wife Neytiri and their children Neteyam, Lo’ak, Tuk, and Kiri (born from Grace Augustine’s inert avatar). The late Colonel ...

In 2019, a new addition to the Terminator franchise, Terminator: Dark Fate (2019), was released. It is a direct sequel to the highly acclaimed Terminator 2:Judgment Day (1991), and disregards the events of Rise of the Machines (2003), Salvation (2009), and Genisys (2015). Several years after their mission to destroy Cyberdyne Systems in 1998, Sarah and John Connor have retired and moved to Livingston, Guatemala. However, their peaceful life is abruptly disrupted when they are attacked by a T-800 Terminator sent from Skynet. Despite Sarah’s efforts, John is killed. In 2020, another advanced Terminator known as the ...

Alita: Battle Angel (2019) is an American cyberpunk action film adapted from Yukito Kishiro’s Gunnm manga series. The story takes place in 2563 on a ravaged Earth, dubbed ‘The Fall’, where Dr. Dyson Ido comes across a brain-attached cyborg while scavenging for parts in Iron City’s scrapyard. After reuniting the body and brain, Ido names the cyborg ‘Alita’ after his late daughter. With no recollection of her past, Alita quickly forms a bond with Hugo, a young man longing to escape to the opulent sky city of Zalem, and Dr. Chiren, Ido’s estranged ex-wife. Upon discovering ...

Avatar (2009) is an epic science fiction film directed, written, co-produced and edited by James Cameron. Set in 2154, the Earth’s natural resources have been depleted and the planet is facing ecocide. To mine the valuable mineral unobtanium on Pandora, a moon in the Alpha Centauri star system, the Resources Development Administration (RDA) has been established. However, Pandora’s atmosphere is unsuitable for human life. The inhabitants of Pandora are the Na’vi – a species of 10-foot-tall, blue-skinned, intelligent beings who live harmoniously with their natural surroundings. In order to interact ...

Solaris (2002) is an American science fiction drama film written and directed by Steven Soderbergh and produced by James Cameron and Jon Landau. Clinical psychologist Dr. Chris Kelvin receives a message from his scientist friend Dr. Gibarian, through emissaries for DBA, the corporation running a space station orbiting the planet Solaris. Gibarian asks for Kelvin’s help in understanding an unusual phenomenon, but refuses to disclose further information. DBA is faced with uncertainty about what steps to take next, as ...

James Cameron directed, wrote, produced, and co-edited Titanic (1997), a powerful American film blending historical facts with fictionalized elements. The story revolves around the tragic sinking of RMS Titanic in 1912. A year earlier, Brock Lovett and his team embarked on a dive to the wreck of RMS Titanic aboard the research vessel Akademik Mstislav Keldysh. Their primary objective was to retrieve a safe believed to hold the iconic Heart of the Ocean diamond. To their surprise, they instead discovered a drawing of a young nude woman wearing the necklace on April 14, 1912 – the same day Titanic struck an iceberg ...

James Cameron’s True Lies (1994) is an action-packed comedy following the double life of Harry Tasker. Unknown to his family, he carries out top-secret missions for the U.S. counterterrorism agency Omega Sector while pretending to be a traveling software salesman. Along with fellow agents Albert ‘Gib’ Gibson and Faisil, Harry attends a high-class party in Switzerland hosted by billionaire Jamal Khaled, where he encounters art dealer Juno Skinner. Unbeknownst to Harry, she is working for terrorist group ‘Crimson Jihad’, specifically their leader Salim Abu Aziz. Pretending to be interested in ...

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) is a science fiction action film directed by James Cameron, who also co-wrote the script with William Wisher. The story takes place in a post-apocalyptic Earth of 2029, where a vicious battle rages between Skynet, an evil artificial intelligence, and the human resistance. In a desperate move, Skynet sends back an advanced liquid metal Terminator known as the T-1000 to eliminate resistance leader John Connor in his childhood. To save him, the resistance sends back a reprogrammed T-800 Terminator covered in synthetic flesh. In 1995 Los ...

The Abyss (1989) is an American science fiction film written and directed by James Cameron. In January 1994, the U.S. Ohio-class submarine USS Montana encounters an unidentified submerged object and sinks near the Cayman Trough. As Soviet ships and a hurricane approach, the U.S. government dispatches a SEAL team to Deep Core, a privately owned experimental underwater drilling platform near the Cayman Trough, to use as their base. The team is joined by Dr. Lindsey Brigman, designer of the platform and estranged wife of current foreman Virgil ‘Bud’ Brigman. While investigating Montana, a power outage in their submersibles causes Lindsey to see an unfamiliar ...