First Look: ‘After Earth’
Will Smith, left, and Jaden Smith star in "After Earth."
What: “After Earth”
When: Opening Friday
Cast: Will Smith and Jaden Smith
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
The story: Teenager Kitai (Jaden Smith) and his father (Will Smith) crash land on Earth, a thousand years after humanity fled the doomed planet. With his father critically injured, Kitai must fight his way across the terrifying terrain in an attempt to signal for help.
The buzz: Um …. Well …. Let’s just say there’s a reason Sony is doing all it can to hide Shyamalan’s involvement. The early buzz hasn’t been good. At all. But there’s no underestimating Will Smith’s box office appeal.
— CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE
