![]() One of the most interesting aspects of the screenplay is the inclusion of a predatory being that can literally smell fear. With Cypher mortally wounded, Kitai must set off on a dangerous journey 100 kilometers long to retrieve a distress beacon. Things go very wrong during space travel and the pair survive a shipwreck only to realize that they are stranded on Earth, 1,000 years after humanity’s departure from the planet. Cypher can barely conceal his disappointment in the boy, yet reluctantly decides to let him tag along on what is to be, Cypher’s last mission. This makes the fact that Kitai has just flunked his Ranger training, all the more troubling. This is essentially a campfire tale, albeit one dressed up with a $135 million budget and given a snazzy sci-fi retrofit.Ĭadet Kitai Raige (Jaden Smith) is the son of the fearless and legendary military hero Cypher Raige (Will Smith). The majority of the film tracks, young Jaden Smith through a series of encounters, escapes and near-death experiences with environmental predators. As someone who freely admits to being fearful of roaming cattle on my jogs through the hills of California, After Earth taps into a certain primal fear of mine.
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