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

A series of spin-off novels, sub-titled "Ghost Stories", have been planned to promote the movie, but are also intended to flesh out the concepts in the film itself. The titles of these books include 'Innocence', Peace, 'Hunted' and 'A Perfect Beast.' All books are written by writers Peter David, Michael Jan Friedman, and Robert Greenberger, with illustrations by Benito Lobel.

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Goofs

Right before Kitai reaches the river, his father's cutlass is on his backpack. The cutlass disappears in the next shot, right before he starts building his raft, until Kitai picks up a new one at the crash site.

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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 Anime Abandon: SiN: The Movie (2013)

User Reviews

Makes Battleship Earth look like a classic....

I do not know what I want to say, but I want to say something so people won't waste money on this piece of whatever one wants to call it.

I am a big SciFi fan, yet something like that I never experienced. Was it the effects that ruined it, was it the lame story, the extra-lame acting of the second Smith in the movie, the directing of someone who got after Signs too much credit and couldn't deliver since (with the exception of the low budget Devil). I really cant say. Its just very disappointing and I wished I would not have seen it, not spend the time nor the money. But I wanted to know it for myself if the critics are right, since they are so many times wrong (in my opinion).

Well, they are right, and yet they even gave the movie way too much credit. Probably because of Will Smith.

The year is not over, but I do not think that After earth will be topped in the category for "the worst movie of 2013"!

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