A few difference scenes where the Na'vi kids are separated from one or both of their parents, no intentional abandonment. A lot of plot revolves around a main character's place in their family which at times could be considered abandonment.
During and immediately after the climatic battle many animals are shown dying or dead. Whale-like animals are harpooned. Squid-like animals are shown dead on a ship.
This third movie has another tulkun hunting scene similar to the second and you also see many dead and floating tulkun being taken for their amrita as well as a sad baby tulkun mourning its mother after she’s killed
Not necessarily a joke, but Varung makes either a quip or a threat about keeping Quaritch as a sex slave. I don't think it was supposed to be comedic on a meta level.
In the ending battle a man is grabbed and shown struggling in the jaws of a whale-like animal. The animal dives underwater and takes the man with it. Squid-like animals are shown pulling soldiers from boats and dragging them under.
One of the whale-like creatures was rendered blind in a past event. This is discussed and the creature is shown missing a chunk of their face where the eyes would be.
One of the villains uses a torture method that involves linking their Na'vi braid with someone else's. It's a vague, fictional torture method but it's still referred to as torture.
Knives get help to peoples throats a lot, but I think most of them can breathe. At a few points in the movie you see hands/arms around other peoples throats, but it's only onscreen for a few seconds at a time and doesn't happen very often.
No (as far as I remember?), but the death of a family member is discussed. They talk about the grief of their mother and the sense of guilt of their sibling.
MINOR: In the aftermath of the first battle with the Ash People, Jake is searching for his family/picking stuff up; then Quaritch finds him and Jake is shot at. You hear Quaritch say something in the distance first before the gunshot.
MINOR: After Spider says "thank you" to Kiri and hugs her, some fire arrows are seen being shot in the background and land in the foreground. You definitely see it coming though.
MINOR: Varang is taught how to use a gun; her first gunshot could be startling, but you see her squeeze the trigger so nothing too bad.
MINOR: Quaritch walks silently through the barren Ash People village, and one of them pops up and attacks him. Not very loud though.
MODERATE: A couple minutes later, Quaritch is surrounded by Varang and the Ash, and Quaritch has one of them shot by an offscreen sniper. Somewhat unexpected.
MAJOR: Spider is being chased by the Ash, baiting them to chase him instead of Kiri and cursing at them a lot; then someone suddenly swoops in and grabs him. This is somewhat mitigated by happening during a chase scene, but there's a loud scare chord that makes it jump-worthy.
[MILD SPOILER] MODERATE: During the final battle, as the good guys are losing, Tuk is alone in the water, and a flying banshee descends from above and grabs her (she is heard screaming). The moment is somewhat scary but isn't quite jarring enough to be "MAJOR".
Overall, it's a little "jumpier" than the first Avatar, but not nearly as jump-worthy as The Way of Water.
The veil that Neytiri is wearing while grieving her son can be a trigger so some. Aside from that the braided platforms on the flying ships are in fact very triggering, tho they are shown only for a brief while and in the background so it's easy to close your eyes or look away for a few seconds.
One character is brought to a medical facility on a stretcher and wakes up there. Another character gets a lot of medical testing, some against their will. There is medical equipment and medical beeping.
A character wanders off alone and points a gun to their head. They then decide not to shoot and set the gun aside by themselves, then a couple of their friends arrive and encourage them to keep living.
MINOR: In the aftermath of the first battle with the Ash People, Jake is searching for his family/picking stuff up; then Quaritch finds him and Jake is shot at. You hear Quaritch say something in the distance first before the gunshot.
MINOR: After Spider says "thank you" to Kiri and hugs her, some fire arrows are seen being shot in the background and land in the foreground. You definitely see it coming though.
MINOR: Varang is taught how to use a gun; her first gunshot could be startling, but you see her squeeze the trigger so nothing too bad.
MINOR: Quaritch walks silently through the barren Ash People village, and one of them pops up and attacks him. Not very loud though.
MODERATE: A couple minutes later, Quaritch is surrounded by Varang and the Ash, and Quaritch has one of them shot by an offscreen sniper. Somewhat unexpected.
MAJOR: Spider is being chased by the Ash, baiting them to chase him instead of Kiri and cursing at them a lot; then someone suddenly swoops in and grabs him. This is somewhat mitigated by happening during a chase scene, but there's a loud scare chord that makes it jump-worthy.
[MILD SPOILER] MODERATE: During the final battle, as the good guys are losing, Tuk is alone in the water, and a flying banshee descends from above and grabs her (she is heard screaming). The moment is somewhat scary but isn't quite jarring enough to be "MAJOR".
Overall, it's a little "jumpier" than the first Avatar, but not nearly as jump-worthy as The Way of Water.
Not strictly, but there's an overtly meta reference to Aliens when Kiri tells someone, "Get away from her, you b***h as Ripley does in that film. It took me out, at least.
There has been some controversy around the Na'vi as a representation of Indigenous people, particularly since no Indigenous actors were cast (except for a Maori actor playing the leader of a Maori-inspired clan).
A main character has a disability that prevents them from engaging in spiritual connection with Eywa. They discuss the feelings of missing out on-screen.
Blood and wounds are shown. A bloody wound to a leg is tended to. Characters suffer burn injuries. Clouds of blood are visible in the water when poachers kill Tulkun whales. A dead animal is butchered in a brief scene.