After Earth (2013)

A crash landing leaves Kitai Raige and his father Cypher stranded on Earth, a millennium after events forced humanity's escape. With Cypher injured, Kitai must embark on a perilous journey to signal for help.

Director:

M. Night Shyamalan

Writers:

Gary Whitta (screenplay), M. Night Shyamalan (screenplay)

Stars:

Jaden Smith, David Denman, Will Smith

3 wins & 8 nominations.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Jaden Smith	...	Kitai Raige
Will Smith	...	Cypher Raige
Sophie Okonedo	...	Faia Raige
Zoë Kravitz	...	Senshi Raige (as Zoë Isabella Kravitz)
Glenn Morshower	...	Commander Velan
Kristofer Hivju	...	Security Chief
Sacha Dhawan	...	Hesper Pilot
Chris Geere	...	Hesper Navigator
Diego Klattenhoff	...	Veteran Ranger
David Denman	...	Private McQuarrie
Lincoln Lewis	...	Running Cadet
Jaden Martin	...	Nine-Year-Old Kitai
Sincere L. Bobb	...	Three-Year-Old Kitai
Monika Jolly	...	Female Ranger

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

real life father and son playing father and son | post apocalypse | future | space voyage | fear | 

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Taglines:

Danger is real. Fear is a choice.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sci-fi action violence and some disturbing images

Did You Know?

Trivia

Eisner Award-winning comic writer Peter David, Michael Jan Friedman and Robert Greenberger produced a 300-page "bible" covering the history of mankind, from their decision to leave Earth to the events depicted in the finished film. It was intended to serve as a resource for all kinds of ancillary materials in the After Earth (2013) franchise.

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Goofs

After Kitai climbs/digs out of the pig hole,he finds he is being followed by the mother bird and is often seen holding his cutlass protectively and yelling at her to "Leave me alone!" In the following scene he takes his final breathing fluid, but there is also no sign of his cutlass. He builds a raft,floats down stream but his cutlass is forever lost after that & we never learn how he lost it.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Kitai Raige: I've heard stories of Earth. A paradise. Until we destroyed it.

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Connections

Featured in Half in the Bag: The Hangover Part III and After Earth (2013)

User Reviews

This isn't THAT bad, why the hate?!

I must have missed the 'everyone say crap about this film' meeting, After Earth is quite simply NOT as bad as the majority of reviewers are implying?! I'm not biased, I don't worship any of the actors but I do know my films and can appreciate them even when they're not what I anticipated!

I sat and read about 15 reviews before deciding I wanted to go and see this film anyway, and happy I did. I'm a sci-fi fan so when films include the sounds of a spaceships engines... in umm... space, well that annoys me. But I could forgive After Earth for this and it's other negatives because it's not a hardcore sci-fi, even if it somewhat tried to be in places.

Will Smith is very monotone throughout, correct. Jaden Smith is probably a few years away from this role working fully for him, correct. There are some question marks over the uncomplicated and slightly predictable plot and cheap looking set design in places, correct. But it was good escapism fun for an hour and a half and worth seeing on the big screen.

I won't deny, there could have been improvements and big alterations in many places to the point that this could have been an 8/10 from me, but it works on the level it chose to be at. Considering Will Smith had near full control of this project - writing the script, coaching his son's performance, personally hiring M Night Shyamalan (but only for basic directing) - this film is good for what it is.

Had it come before Star Trek, Oblivion and Cloud Atlas this year and if M Night Shyamalan didn't have a bad rep then I think this film would be at the 6.5/10 rating that I think it deserves.

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

31 May 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

1000 A.E.

Filming Locations:

Utah, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$130,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$27,520,040, 2 June 2013

Gross USA:

$60,522,097

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$243,611,982

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures, Overbrook Entertainment, Blinding Edge Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS Datasat Dolby Digital Dolby Atmos

Color:

Color (ACES)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1