7.5 | / 10 |
| Users | 0.0 | |
| Reviewer | 3.5 | |
| Overall | 3.5 |
Jake and Neytiri's family grapples with grief after Neteyam's death, encountering a new, aggressive Na'vi tribe, the Ash People, who are led by the fiery Varang, as the conflict on Pandora escalates and a new moral focus emerges.
Starring: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaņa, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Oona Chaplin| Adventure | Uncertain |
| Sci-Fi | Uncertain |
| Fantasy | Uncertain |
| Action | Uncertain |
| Drama | Uncertain |
Video codec: HEVC / H.265
Video resolution: 4K (2160p)
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1
English: Dolby Atmos
English: Dolby TrueHD 7.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
English: Dolby Digital 5.1
English: Dolby Digital 2.0
Spanish: Dolby Digital Plus 7.1
French (Canada): Dolby Digital 5.1
English SDH, French, Spanish
Blu-ray Disc
Three-disc set (3 BDs)
Digital copy
4K Ultra HD
Region free
| Movie | 3.0 | |
| Video | 5.0 | |
| Audio | 5.0 | |
| Extras | 5.0 | |
| Overall | 3.5 |
As they've done with the previous installments of the ongoing Avatar franchise, Disney / Buena Vista is offering fans some specialty packaging options with regard to Avatar: Fire and Ash. This SteelBook is being offered currently at Amazon, with the three discs mirroring the contents found in the Avatar: Fire and Ash 4K wide release in standard packaging.


Video quality is assessed in the above linked review.

Audio quality is assessed in the above linked review.

On disc supplements are detailed in the above linked review. The SteelBook offers a perhaps surprisingly tamped down palette that offers some neutral background tones and more of a brown to yellow look than some of the blue drenched specialty packaging accompanying previous installments. Perhaps equally surprising is the use of Varang as the focal character, and even she is rather small, all things considered. The predator she rides has a wingspan that reaches across to the rear panel. The interior panels offer a rather dark and almost inchoate image of several characters in a cave. A J card wraps around the top.

Avatar: Fire and Ash offers so much in its visual and sound designs that complaining about a mere lack of innovative story kind of seems churlish in a way. It's not that this third outing doesn't offer more epic drama and action, it's just that so much of it seems like retreads of what's gone before. Still, technical merits are astounding, and the extra disc of bonus material contains a lot of interesting information. While this SteelBook is certainly attractively designed, for such a candy colored film it's surprisingly monochromatic looking. Recommended.