Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, learn the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri, and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive, and the tragedies they endure.
This movie contains 62 potentially triggering events.
Jake could be seen as verbally abusive to his children but is forgiven and loved by them. Spider saves his abusive father from dying but leaves him and doesn’t seem to forgive him. Not in a domestic sense but the Indigenous Na’vi forgive Jake Sully, a former white colonialist.
No, depending on your opinion of the military. An ex-military man uses very militaristic language to speak to his children and while it protects their lives it clearly impedes their relationship with their father.
Very distressing scene of whale-like creatures being hunted and killed. It involves a mother and child animal dua too. When the antagonists agree to "go hunting", I would leave the room for about 20-30 minutes if these particular types of scenes are distressing to you
There’s a long and traumatic scene in which one of the whale like creatures is brutally murdered. one of the underwater ikran creatures is executed by quaritch. The humans landing at the beginning causes massive fires in which animals are killed. Lots of fishing and killing fish. one of the whale like creatures kills a shark like creature. I would recommend planning on a bathroom break when the whaling expedition starts their hunt. Everything else is pretty short and easy to anticipate so you can look away.
Yes, dead Pandoran creatures equivilent to dolphins and whales are seen killed or dead. There is a scene where the humans enter the mouth of an already dead whale creature (see above) and they use some scary looking machines to drill into it's skull to extract a special liquid they want to sell. It was pretty hard to watch
Yes, a large plot point is that a whale-adjacent animal is abandoned by its clan for committing a violent act, which is frowned upon by the animals species.
No but a child character is meant to be seen as beautiful/desirable to the audience (as seen through the eyes of another child). It’s a little weird but no adult/kid relationship is real or implied.
There are moments where a soldier makes uncomfortable comments while a female character is trapped, but nothing actually happens. In another scene, a man slaps the butt of a woman.
An older teen is killed, and his family (including young children) is there when he dies and is extremely affected by his death in a very realistic way.
There are several instances of creatures linking consciousnesses with people, but they are consenting and it's generally only a positive or neutral experience for the viewer.
No, but there's destruction of large metal structures - ships and planes, not buildings - including fire and explosions, people panicking when caught in the middle of it, and lots of debris.
A cis character with a different preferred name is referred to by his birth-name by Quaritch once. After telling him he doesn’t go by that name, he’s never called it again.
Kiri is not a confirmed autistic character, but she has some autistic traits, such as her fascination and interactions with the biodiversity on Pandora. She is bullied for it, called a "freak" and pushed around by a group of boys and is ashamed of being different.
Some laser beams fly toward the audience which might be disconcerting in 3d, but they’re being shot at characters in the movie. No one addresses the audience
No, some characters are criticized for being too skinny as it will impede their lives. This is the only mention of it, and it is related to muscle and bone structure more than fat.
NO and the bully characters who belittle, beat, and endanger the protagonists are maori-coded characters who wear Black or protective hairstyles. It’s not specific or explicit anti-Black rhetoric but it’s not great.
Real life Indigenous cultures and clothing are taken and misused and appropriated to show the Na’avi as “other” and a mishmash of cultures that looks “alien” as well as the “white saviour” trope and the “Indigenous people forgive colonisers” trope. Real Native American, Polynesian and Indigenous African people have been rightfully upset of parts of their cultures being taken for this movie and profited off of, especially by a white director and have have advised people, especially allies, not to support the movie or it’s merchandise financially
Not necessarily but child characters are teased for bodily features outside of their control (number of fingers, short tails, bodies not built the same way)
No but several characters use avatars to pretend to be a part of a group they do not belong to. In addition, one character is a previous member of this group, but assimilates and is accepted by the society.
I watched the movie with this in mind. The only moment of sexual objectification comes when a teenage boy first meets a girl of his age and she walks out of the water to greet him. Regarding the other things the other reviewer says, yes, the Na'vi wear little clothing (the same as the first film), but tribal clothing isn't inherently sexual. Characters are often restrained, but just by futuristic slap bracelets around their wrists. It's not sexual.
NO, but the na’vi connect with their various mounts (dragons, horses, water horses, etc.) in the same way they connect with sexual partners. It is not implied to be a sexual bond.
One could argue there's toxic masculinity in the movie (emphasis on men being the protectors and needing to be tough warriors to be men etc.) But there's no instance of a man being ridiculed for crying
Yes, one character have epilepsy. Im gonna spoil a bit of the movie here, but I'll do my best to keep it as small as possible.
There was this part where the characters went to somewhere and one of them said "eclipse is the best time to be here". Shortly after that, the movie cuts to a part where a character was shown to be talking to what looks like her mother, and they hugged. After the hugging scene, the next 15 mins said character had a seizure. Avoid that part if such thing triggers you.
Thats the only part that features it, so you can rest assure that you won't see it again for the rest of the movie