Rotten
As drama, After Earth offers no surprises; as action, it's rarely stimulating; as a parenting manual, it seems that Will has thrown Jaden into water that's a little too deep.
Richard Brody, New Yorker
After Earth
Danger is real, fear is a choice.
2013 · 1h 40m · PG-13
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Directed by
M. Night Shyamalan
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- M. Night Shyamalan Director
- Jaden Smith as Kitai Raige
- Will Smith as Cypher Raige
- Sophie Okonedo as Faia Raige
- Zoë Kravitz as Senshi Raige
- Glenn Morshower as Commander Velan
- Kristofer Hivju as Security Chief
- Sacha Dhawan as Hesper Pilot
- Chris Geere as Hesper Navigator
- Diego Klattenhoff as Veteran Ranger
- David Denman as Private McQuarrie
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
12%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Most disappointing is the film's lack of ambition, as what could have been a sparky mainstream space opera becomes just another tedious jungle chase movie.
Tom Huddleston, Time Out
Rotten
The movie takes off from a concept as basic as a videogame, and it sticks to that concept, without surprise.
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
Rotten
A film in which the text and subtext-an effortlessly gifted father presses his less-talented son to follow in his footsteps-are in perfect alignment. Alas, only in one of the two does the story end happily.
Christopher Orr, The Atlantic
Rotten
By the standards of M. Night's Shyamalan's recent films, After Earth is surprisingly not horrible.
David Edelstein, New York Magazine/Vulture
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