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After Earth

  • 20132013
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
4.8/10
200K
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POPULARITY
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Will Smith and Jaden Smith in After Earth (2013)
After Earth After a crash landing, a father and son explore a planet that was evacuated by humans 1,000 years earlier.
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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 t... Read allA 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.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.
IMDb RATING
4.8/10
200K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
4,853
48
  • Director
    • M. Night Shyamalan
  • Writers
    • Gary Whitta(screenplay)
    • M. Night Shyamalan(screenplay)
    • Will Smith(story)
  • Stars
    • Jaden Smith
    • David Denman
    • Will Smith
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  • Director
    • M. Night Shyamalan
  • Writers
    • Gary Whitta(screenplay)
    • M. Night Shyamalan(screenplay)
    • Will Smith(story)
  • Stars
    • Jaden Smith
    • David Denman
    • Will Smith
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    • 921User reviews
    • 275Critic reviews
    • 33Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 8 nominations

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    Will Smith and Jaden Smith in After Earth (2013)
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    Will Smith and Jaden Smith in After Earth (2013)
    Will Smith and Sophie Okonedo in After Earth (2013)
    David Denman, Jaden Smith, and Kristofer Hivju in After Earth (2013)
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    Will Smith and Jaden Smith in After Earth (2013)
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    Jaden Smith
    Jaden Smith
    • Kitai Raigeas Kitai Raige
    David Denman
    David Denman
    • Private McQuarrieas Private McQuarrie
    Will Smith
    Will Smith
    • Cypher Raigeas Cypher Raige
    Sophie Okonedo
    Sophie Okonedo
    • Faia Raigeas Faia Raige
    Zoë Kravitz
    Zoë Kravitz
    • Senshi Raigeas Senshi Raige
    • (as Zoë Isabella Kravitz)
    Glenn Morshower
    Glenn Morshower
    • Commander Velanas Commander Velan
    Kristofer Hivju
    Kristofer Hivju
    • Security Chiefas Security Chief
    Sacha Dhawan
    Sacha Dhawan
    • Hesper Pilotas Hesper Pilot
    Chris Geere
    Chris Geere
    • Hesper Navigatoras Hesper Navigator
    Diego Klattenhoff
    Diego Klattenhoff
    • Veteran Rangeras Veteran Ranger
    Lincoln Lewis
    Lincoln Lewis
    • Running Cadetas Running Cadet
    Jaden Martin
    Jaden Martin
    • Nine-Year-Old Kitaias Nine-Year-Old Kitai
    Sincere L. Bobb
    • Three-Year-Old Kitaias Three-Year-Old Kitai
    Monika Jolly
    • Female Rangeras Female Ranger
    Matthew Andrews
    Matthew Andrews
    • Flirting Cadetas Flirting Cadet
    • (uncredited)
    Michael Baczor
    • Ghost Soldieras Ghost Soldier
    • (uncredited)
    Philippe Badreau
    • Military Personalas Military Personal
    • (uncredited)
    Corey Brown
    Corey Brown
    • Cadet Brownas Cadet Brown
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • M. Night Shyamalan
    • Writers
      • Gary Whitta(screenplay)
      • M. Night Shyamalan(screenplay)
      • Will Smith(story)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Although not credited on the finished film, co-writer/producer Will Smith was responsible for much of the movie's direction. While M. Night Shyamalan was primarily in charge of the blocking (composition of shots, placement of the camera) and the visual aspects of the film (color and design), it was Will Smith who personally coached Jaden Smith in his performance and dictated the development of the story and the on-screen action. After both the story and acting were heavily criticized, Shyamalan decided to take the blame.
    • Goofs
      Cypher warns his son about Earth: "Everything on this planet has evolved to kill humans". Except that, in the movie, humans had abandoned Earth one thousand years before, so it makes absolutely no sense that any predator would "evolve" to hunt a prey that has been absent from its ecosystem for a whole millennium. That's exactly the opposite of how evolution works.
    • Quotes

      Cypher Raige: Fear is not real. The only place that fear can exist is in our thoughts of the future. It is a product of our imagination, causing us to fear things that do not at present and may not ever exist. That is near insanity Kitai. Do not misunderstand me, danger is very real, but fear is a choice. We are all telling ourselves a story and that day mine changed.

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    Top review
    3/10
    Kitai Litter
    This film is not recommended. Father doesn't always know best, the latest result being After Earth, a vanity project that Will Smith has concocted for his son, Jaden. This wobbly sci-fi tale of survival will certainly test both Mr. and Mr. Smith's star power. Director M. Night Shyamalan, the man who continually keeps falling from grace, one film after the next, is still tumbling further from his talented beginnings, although here the director crashes and burns. This is not to say that After Earth is hopelessly clichéd, it's just hopeless. Shymalan's well- made film has some striking imagery, mostly of panoramic vistas, but his ill-conceived screenplay (co-written with Gary Whitta) keeps this exercise in filmmaking rather earthbound. Adding to that, his main star and one of the film's producers, Papa Smith, pushes nepotism to its limits with this unoriginal dreck. (He is also given story credit for this silliness.) It's not just that this film has no Will power, it just has too much of it, both on screen and off. Will Smith plays the fearless Cypher Raige, a no-nonsense military commando sent on a mission with his newt of a son, Kitai, played by Jaden Smith. Cypher is disappointed with his son's lack of achievement as a cadet and their relationship is a bit strained, just like the acting. The Smiths obviously look the part and act the part with the same stilted delivery. Like father, like son. Unfortunately (for us), they crash land on the apocalyptic Planet Earth. Cypher is injured with two broken legs, but pain is not an option. However a better script would have helped matters. Kitai must now go into rescue mode, wearing his amazing technicolor space suit, fighting beasts and creatures along the way to becoming a man. On his journey of self-awareness, Kitai contends with imminent peril: giant baboons, poisonous leeches, carnivorous tigers, and such. He needs to deal with the fluctuating below-freezing temperatures and an active volcano too. Life is hard. Kitai even battles a monster called the Ursa, a predator that hunts by sensing fear. (If the creature could instead sense the smorgasbord of bad acting on its plate, the Ursa would never go hungry again.) The elder Smith underacts and speaks in annoying solemn platitudes while the younger Smith overacts in a squeaky nasal voice that only a teenager can tolerate. The art direction is mind-numbing. The futuristic sets are bargain basement knockoffs of Disney World's Tomorrowland, circa 1960...very unimaginative with an overabundance of Rubbermaid-influenced interiors and enough flowing linen sheets to make one think that Bed, Bath, and Beyond had given the filmmakers a cut-rate deal for some product endorsements. All of the special effects are barely adequate and not the least bit compelling. After Earth has a strange lethargic listlessness throughout its short length. The film never builds any real tension or suspense. It's just so dull and unrelenting in its stupidity. After Earth is the type of film that gives the sci-fi genre a bad name. Shyamalan and the Smiths might want to use other aliases after creating this debacle. Let's hope they refine their own survival skills when making another film. After Earth is strictly Ursa Minor. So dear moviegoers, heed the film's tag-line: "Danger is real, Fear is a choice". You have been sufficiently warned about the real dangers in viewing After Earth...Fear not, it's still in your control. GRADE: C-
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 31, 2013 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Official Facebook (Brazil)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • 1000 A.E.
    • Filming locations
      • Humboldt County, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Columbia Pictures
      • Overbrook Entertainment
      • Blinding Edge Pictures
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $130,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $60,522,097
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $27,520,040
      • Jun 2, 2013
    • Gross worldwide
      • $243,611,982
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • SDDS
      • Datasat
      • Dolby Digital
      • Dolby Atmos
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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