The (Hopefully) Last Airbender

The irrepressible M Night Shyamalan will not be kept from bringing fables to the big screen, that somehow do not seem to click, as far as all recent attempts have gone. Aang (Noah Ringer) of the Air people, is The Last Airbender, preserved for a hundred years in ice even as his people have been decimated by the Fire People. It takes two intrepid Water People – Katara (Nicola Peltz) and Sokka (Jackson Rathbone) to discover Aang from under the ice, and then embark on a journey to unite the peoples, and in particular manage the military onslaught from the martial Fire People. Where the movie seems to have failed is execution. A cast that does not click as far as pretty much any and every role is concerned. Hideous acting with uninspiring central characters that chokes off any upside potential from the above-average special effects. While the Director has made no secret of seeking sequels herein, it remains to be seen whether, with this combination of cast and crew, the audience is likely to bite

10/20