After Earth
Futuristic sci-fi adventure starring Will Smith and offspring Jaden, playing a father and son who crash land on Earth, a thousand years after humans evacuated - directed by M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense). Stranded on the planet mankind fled after cataclysmic events, the pair embark on a journey to signal for help. They face uncharted terrain, dangerous evolved species that now rule the planet, and aa unstoppable alien that escaped during the crash.
- Director:
- M. Night Shyamalan ('The Sixth Sense', 'Signs', 'Unbreakable')
- Writer:
- M. Night ShyamalanGary WhittaWill Smith
- Cast:
- Will SmithJaden SmithIsabelle FuhrmanZoë KravitzSophie Okonedo
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Reviews & comments
Flicks, Team
flicksPersonality is a choice
This twist-less Shyamalan sci-fi is not bad. It's not good either, but it's not bad. In fact, I'll be damned if I could elicit any reaction to this film given how incredibly lacking it was in any sort of emotion. The dystopia Earth - which could have used more dyspothathy (sp?) IMHO - is really just a backdrop for this father-and-son story which, for...
After Smith Movie
After Earth After Earth Will Smith wrote it, he & Jaden stared in it, and Will & his wife helped produce it, so its Smithy. Also M. Night Shyamalan had hands on, so its got a odd feeling to it as well. Pre-reports were that its slow, yes and the action happens too fast, more build up like a Hitchcock flick. Anyway, I found it was ok, good father & son show...
Variety
pressShyamalan is clearly a director-for-hire here, his disinterest palpable from first frame to last.
Total Film
pressJaden Smith takes centre stage in a futuristic rites of passager that plays like an extended episode of The Twilight Zone. Although "Oblivion" narrowly remains this summer’s better ruined-Earth actioner.
Time Out
pressWhat undoes the film is its rather rancid parent-child sentimentality (a Shyamalan staple, admittedly) and a charisma-free performance from the younger Smith that suggests the apple has fallen very far from the tree.
The Guardian
pressHe's done it again. M Night Shyamalan has done it again. Again. Done it. Again.
Los Angeles Times
pressThere is no small irony that this sci-fi action adventure is about surviving a serious crash. The scorched earth left behind by "After Earth" is sure to leave a scar on everyone involved.
Hollywood Reporter
pressThe disappointingly generic film, which strands a father and son on Earth a thousand years after a planet-wide evacuation, will leave genre audiences pining for the more Terra-centric conceits of "Oblivion," not to mention countless other future-set films that find novelty in making familiar surroundings threatening.
Empire Magazine
pressPrepare to cringe and snicker whenever the characters are talking, but gasp when Shyamalan just shows amazing stuff.
Flicks, Team
flicksVariety
pressShyamalan is clearly a director-for-hire here, his disinterest palpable from first frame to last.
Total Film
pressJaden Smith takes centre stage in a futuristic rites of passager that plays like an extended episode of The Twilight Zone. Although "Oblivion" narrowly remains this summer’s better ruined-Earth actioner.
Time Out
pressWhat undoes the film is its rather rancid parent-child sentimentality (a Shyamalan staple, admittedly) and a charisma-free performance from the younger Smith that suggests the apple has fallen very far from the tree.
The Guardian
pressHe's done it again. M Night Shyamalan has done it again. Again. Done it. Again.
Los Angeles Times
pressThere is no small irony that this sci-fi action adventure is about surviving a serious crash. The scorched earth left behind by "After Earth" is sure to leave a scar on everyone involved.
Hollywood Reporter
pressThe disappointingly generic film, which strands a father and son on Earth a thousand years after a planet-wide evacuation, will leave genre audiences pining for the more Terra-centric conceits of "Oblivion," not to mention countless other future-set films that find novelty in making familiar surroundings threatening.
Empire Magazine
pressPrepare to cringe and snicker whenever the characters are talking, but gasp when Shyamalan just shows amazing stuff.
Personality is a choice
This twist-less Shyamalan sci-fi is not bad. It's not good either, but it's not bad. In fact, I'll be damned if I could elicit any reaction to this film given how incredibly lacking it was in any sort of emotion. The dystopia Earth - which could have used more dyspothathy (sp?) IMHO - is really just a backdrop for this father-and-son story which, for...
After Smith Movie
After Earth After Earth Will Smith wrote it, he & Jaden stared in it, and Will & his wife helped produce it, so its Smithy. Also M. Night Shyamalan had hands on, so its got a odd feeling to it as well. Pre-reports were that its slow, yes and the action happens too fast, more build up like a Hitchcock flick. Anyway, I found it was ok, good father & son...
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