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Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender

2026 · 99 min

A sweeping, heartfelt adventure that balances kinetic martial-arts action with a somber meditation on loss and cultural legacy.

Directed by: Lauren Montgomery
Genres: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Starring: Eric Nam, Dave Bautista, Jessica Matten

Tagline: The legacy reawakens.
Overview: Avatar Aang, the world's last Airbender, learns of an ancient power that could save his culture from extinction. With the help of his friends, he embarks on a global quest to find it before it falls into the wrong hands and threatens to upend the peace they sacrificed everything to achieve.

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Directed by: Lauren Montgomery
Genres: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Starring: Eric Nam, Dave Bautista, Jessica Matten

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Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
upliftingstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
identity
redemption
betrayal
family
Places: fantasy world
big city
wilderness
Era: timeless
Audience: family
Form: animated
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	7
Horror	2
Humour	4
Realism	3
Romance	3
Tension	6
Darkness	5
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: animation, adventure, fantasy, action
Directed by: Lauren Montgomery
Written by: Christopher L. Yost, Tim Hedrick
Starring: Eric Nam, Dave Bautista, Jessica Matten, Román Zaragoza, Steven Yeun, Dionne Quan, Dee Bradley Baker, Freida Pinto
Music: Jeremy Zuckerman
Cinematography: Damon O'Beirne
Runtime: 99 min
Country: United States of America, South Korea, Australia
Languages: English

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