Catastrophic events on Earth rendered it uninhabitable for humans, though it looks homey, complete with roaming buffalo. Cypher suffers two broken legs, so it's up to Kitai to retrieve a beacon that landed miles away, so they can signal for help. Everyone aboard perishes except for father and son. Cypher brings Kitai along on a mission, but their spaceship is struck by asteroids and crash-lands on Earth. Kitai (Jaden), his aptly-named father Cypher (Will) and mother Faia (Sophie Okonedo) live on a planet called Nova Prime. But their dialogue is mostly repetitive psycho-babble, broken up by tedious silences. A ship that father and son ride resembles a manta ray zooming through space. What remains is a floundering, futuristic coming-of-age saga (** out of four rated PG-13 opens Friday nationwide). Night Shyamalan seemingly puts more effort into production design and overbearing music than into dialogue or interplanetary action scenes. This is not particularly the fault of its stars, Will Smith and his son, Jaden, though the latter could benefit from some acting lessons. Though it's meant to be pulse-pounding, After Earth is a lethargic slog.
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