He then hands most of the film over to Jaden, who isn’t ready to be the star the family business is pushing him to be. Some actors find the depth in cold, emotionless characters. The elder Smith, one of the most charismatic and natural on-screen stars Hollywood has to offer, forces himself into a role that drains him of any life. It’s worth noting that their ship was also carrying one of their alien enemies, and considering the very fake-looking plastic rock it was trapped in, it’s likely on the loose.įrankly, no one is put in a place to succeed in this thinly veiled Smith family vanity project (Will came up with the story and produced it with his wife Jada). It’s up to Kitai, with guidance from his emotionally and geographically distant father, to overcome the fear-filled memories of his sister’s death (played in flashbacks and hallucinations by Zoë Kravitz), survive the wild, untamed creatures and extreme temperature changes of our former home, and retrieve a help beacon in the tail end of the ship. In the hopes of coming closer, Cypher takes Kitai on a routine ranger trip that makes a very not routine crash-landing on Earth, leaving the father-son duo stranded and in Cypher’s case, dangerously crippled. It’s a disappointment for Kitai and his stern military dad Cypher (Will Smith), who is a legend amongst the rangers for his ability to control his fear and "ghost" undetected by the creatures. Unfortunately, Kitai fails the program because he does not have enough control over his fear, which is how the blind aliens find and hunt humans. The only problem is the planet’s original owners: vicious, insectoid alien residents who don’t appreciate the intrusion and have a habit of using humans like grim Christmas tree decorations (it’s surprisingly intense for a PG-13).
Nova Prime makes for a decent replacement home, especially with all of the new age furniture and drapes adorning the rocky dwellings. It appears we didn’t learn our lesson from "The Happening" and ruined the Earth with pollution, forcing us to leave. No, it’s merely bad.Īfter an excessively scattered opening – complete with exposition-filled voiceover – we meet our pouty hero, Kitai Raige (Jaden Smith), a space ranger-in-training on the planet Nova Prime. Night movie, comes as a genuine sign of progress for the former Oscar nominee simply because it’s not an unequivocal disaster. It’s gotten so rough that "After Earth," the Smith family sci-fi project that’s too scared to come out as a M. This is the comeback." And every time, I’m greeted with an even bigger bomb. Every time I see a trailer for one of his movies, I can’t help but think, "This is it. His early trio of films from over a decade ago ("The Sixth Sense", "Unbreakable" and "Signs" … yes, I like "Signs") is the stuff of brilliance, and any filmmaker would love to have one of those movies on his resume, much less all three.
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