After Earth(2013).One thousand years after cataclysmic events forced humanity's escape from Earth, Nova Prime has become mankind's new home. Legendary General Cypher Raige returns from an extended tour of duty to his estranged family, ready to be a father to his 13-year-old son, Kitai. When an asteroid storm damages Cypher and Kitai's craft, they crash-land on a now unfamiliar and dangerous Earth. As his father lies dying in the cockpit, Kitai must trek across the hostile terrain to recover their rescue beacon. His whole life, Kitai has wanted nothing more than to be a soldier like his father. Today, he gets his chance. Written byColumbia Pictures... Synopsis After Earth(2013)
Movie Title: After Earth(2013)
Run Time: 100 min
Rating: 4.8 / 10
Genres: Action |Adventure |Sci-Fi
Release Date: 31 May 2013 (USA)
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Writer: Gary Whitta ,M. Night Shyamalan , more credit ... and other credits
Actor: Jaden Smith,David Denman,Will Smith
A story conceived by a movie star who doesn't write them, featuring favoritism casting for the lead actor who cannot carry a film, and directed by a guy who has become a running joke in Hollywood. Often gorgeous, sometimes fascinating, but it is ultimately clumsy and predictable. However, the primary problem is the needlessly convoluted story. "After Earth" missteps pertain to the conception and execution, similar to the baffling choices M. Night Shyamalan made that kept "The Happening" (2008) from fulfilling its doomsday-flick potential. On a positive note for Mr. Smith, its not as terrible as "Wild, Wild West" (1999).
The general concept is simple: A father and son crash land on a hostile planet Earth 1000 years after humanity left. In order to survive, the son has to make a 100- kilometer trek to find an emergency beacon so they can call for help. However, too much set-up in the story is a mess. Why did humanity leave earth 1000 years ago? Why were genetically engineered creatures hunting humanity across the galaxy? Why were these creatures made to smell the pheromones we exude when we are afraid? Why were these creatures not given eyes once select soldiers learned to "ghost," which is to suppress any fear and become invisible to them? Why do people eat with three-pronged chopsticks with a cheater rubber band around the end? Who let that herd of fake-looking bison roam Earth's grasslands, and who lit the critical scene, set on a tree stump amid roaring waterfalls, that was obviously shot on a sound stage? I could go on.
Jaden Smith, who was fine in "The Karate Kid" (2012), is unqualified and provides a completely flat performance in this role. For all the verbal abuse M. Night Shyamalan is receiving from his latest effort, he is not the main reason this bland sci-fi film fails. He happens to be the well-paid choice for this special effects extravaganza, solely responsible for constructing a center stage for Jaden Smith, that unfortunately only magnifies Jaden's inexperience, and he has no business what so ever trying to carry this film. Despite the stylized dialogue assembled by screenwriters Shyamalan and Gary Whitta "The Book of Eli" (2010), his horrendous line delivery and complete lack of emotional range stifle any of the hopelessly unimaginative screenplay's contrived father/son drama. The elder Smith may have a story credit here, but "After Earth" is not only a laughably obvious attempt to keep his son relevant, but also a by-the- numbers survival story that never manages to surprise or excite.
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