Avatar

Avatar (2009) is James Cameron's science fiction action epic you can watch online on iFILM. It's the late 22nd century. Paraplegic ex-Marine Jake Sully ships out light-years from Earth to the moon Pandora, where a corporation strip-mines a precious ore.

To breathe Pandora's air, humans pilot avatars — lab-grown bodies spliced from human and Na'vi DNA. Sam Worthington plays the soldier sent to infiltrate the locals, only to fall for the chief's daughter Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña) and the world she protects. Sigourney Weaver is Dr. Grace Augustine, the scientist running the program, while Colonel Quaritch (Stephen Lang) itches to bulldoze the forest for the mine. Whose side does a man choose once he can walk again — in someone else's skin?

Cameron sat on the idea of Pandora for over a decade, waiting for the tools to catch up: performance capture, native 3D, jungles built pixel by pixel. The film pulled in nearly three billion dollars worldwide and took home three Oscars for its visual effects and cinematography, resetting the bar for blockbuster spectacle. Stream Avatar (2009) online on iFILM in high quality.