
But After Earth was not the film to send him on this journey, instead it landed him a Razzie Award (as well as one for Will Smith) in acting and marked the lowest ebb of Shyamalan’s career.įor one, the film is just so boring. Stepping out of his father’s shadow (Cypher Rage is a hugely successful soldier and Kitai failed his initiation) into the spotlight on all fronts. and writer!Īs noted, Jaden Smith’s leading role could have propelled his acting career, his character’s journey and his own real-life journey from childhood into adulthood.

So much could have been done with this (and so much was planned as a universe was an idea at one point), but they then made the decision to hire M. Hundreds, if not thousands, of years later, though, Cypher Rage (Will Smith, Bright), takes his son Kitai (Jaden Smith) on a journey that sees them crash landing on an uninhabited-by-man planet Earth. Jaden Smith was a rising actor back in 2013 and his parents, wanting to give him that starring role that will set him off, both produced After Earth a film where humanity’s actions were so bad humans had to flee Earth for a new planetary home. Starring: Jaden Smith, Will Smith, Isabelle Fuhrman, Zoe Kravitz, Kristofer Hivju, Sophie Okonedo, Lincoln Lewis ‘So much could have been done with this but they then made the decision to hire M.
