It turns out that he is an Avatar, a being capable of bringing order to the world (and nothing to do with James Cameron's giant blue smurfs). As the story begins, chaos reigns, but hope is rekindled by the discovery of a 12-year-old boy, Aang, who has been trapped in an iceberg for 100 years. The Last Airbender is M Night Shyamalan's controversial adaptation of the hugely popular children's TV series Avatar: The Last Airbender, set in a future world of fantasy in which civilisation has broken down and four famous nations, based on the ancient elements of fire, water, earth and air, battle for supremacy.
