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After Earth

Play trailer Poster for After Earth PG-13 Released May 31, 2013 1h 40m Sci-Fi Adventure Action Play Trailer Watchlist
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People were forced to leave Earth a millennium ago to establish a new home on Nova Prime. Now, Gen. Cypher Raige (Will Smith) heads Nova Prime's most-prominent family. Cypher's teenage son, Kitai (Jaden Smith), feels enormous pressure to follow in his father's legendary footsteps -- which strains their relationship. Cypher and Kitai set out on a trip to mend their bond, but when their craft crashes on Earth's hostile surface, each must trust the other greatly -- or perish.
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After Earth is a dull, ploddingly paced exercise in sentimental sci-fi -- and the latest setback for director M. Night Shyamalan's once-promising career.

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Larushka Ivan-Zadeh metro.co.uk Preachy, draggingly directed by M Night Shyamalan and just not much fun. Rated: 2/5 Sep 5, 2017 Full Review Chris Stuckmann ChrisStuckmann.com After Earth unfortunately still finds M. Night Shyamalan plodding through another dull, lifeless movie. Rated: C Apr 17, 2015 Full Review Anthony Quinn Independent (UK) The effects are second-hand stuff from Alien and Star Trek, spliced with Shyamalan's regular homilies on Personal Growth. Rated: 1/5 May 2, 2014 Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Regardless of the potential here, a neutral, lifeless tone prevails over every aspect, from the direction to the acting to the special FX, but especially the dull script by M. Night Shyamalan and Gary Whitta. Rated: 1/4 Sep 6, 2022 Full Review Keith Garlington Keith & the Movies “After Earth” is a sleep-inducing bore that hasn’t the material or performances to rise above its faults. Rated: 1.5/5 Aug 19, 2022 Full Review Cory Woodroof Lumination Network This film is sometimes-brutal survival flick that doubles as a closet-clearing of emotion for a critically injured father and his petrified son. Feb 11, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Anthony B Terrible. I could not stand to watch it when I first saw it upon release. I decided to try it again as it was on a streaming network...and realized that it was just as awful as the first time. The acting is embarrassing. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 05/28/25 Full Review Movie M I enjoyed this movie a lot! It's annoying that people can't just enjoy a movie anymore like we did when we rented DVDs and VHS, regardless of who was in it, if it had a big run in theaters, etc. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/26/25 Full Review Tyler G It is pretty bad, but in a sort of endearing way. Not Shyamalan's worst, but that is not saying a whole lot. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 05/20/25 Full Review Mitchell S The premise is okay, but it could've been executed so much better. It was incredibly predictable, slow paced, and the main character has heavy plot armor. It also kind of promotes the idea that being fearless means not having a soul. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 05/03/25 Full Review Mark M The movie was boring as hell. My brother seemed to like it because he took me to watch it and I pretended to like it. I couldn't sit through 30 minutes of the movie Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 05/01/25 Full Review Ian S The worst movie I have seen for quite a while. Terrible dialogue and wooden performances. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 04/21/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis People were forced to leave Earth a millennium ago to establish a new home on Nova Prime. Now, Gen. Cypher Raige (Will Smith) heads Nova Prime's most-prominent family. Cypher's teenage son, Kitai (Jaden Smith), feels enormous pressure to follow in his father's legendary footsteps -- which strains their relationship. Cypher and Kitai set out on a trip to mend their bond, but when their craft crashes on Earth's hostile surface, each must trust the other greatly -- or perish.
Director
M. Night Shyamalan
Producer
Caleeb Pinkett, Jada Pinkett Smith, Will Smith, James Lassiter, M. Night Shyamalan
Screenwriter
Gary Whitta, M. Night Shyamalan
Distributor
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co
Sony Pictures Television, Columbia Pictures, Overbrook Entertainment, Blinding Edge Pictures, Relativity Media
Rating
PG-13 (Some Disturbing Images|Sci-Fi Action Violence)
Genre
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Action
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 31, 2013, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 24, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA)
$60.5M
Runtime
1h 40m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital, SDDS, Datasat
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