Movie review

Ulva Khairani

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K.1 / 2012

Movie Review

After Earth

Title                  :           After Earth

Genre               :           Science fiction, Fantasy

Director            :           M. Night Syhamalan

Stars                :           Will Smith                     as         Cypher Raige

                                    Jaden Smith                  as         Kitai Raige

                                    Sophie Okonedo          as         Faia, Cypher’s wife

                                    Zoe Kravitz                  as         Senshi, Cypher’s daughter

After Earth is a 2013 science fiction movie starring Will Smith, Jaden Smith, Sophie Okonedo, and Zoe Kravitz, and directed by M. Night Syhamalan, the same director of The Happening (2008), Lady in The Water (2006), The Village (2004), Sign (2002), Unbreakable (2000), and The Sixth Sense (1999). Thus, it will make a good credit for this movie as most of Syhamalan’s works before.

The movie begins when One thousand years after humans move from earth to another planet names Nova Prime. A 13 years-old boy names Kitai Raige (Jaden Smith) disappointed after he fail to be a ranger like his father, a legendary general of rangers names Cypher Raige (Will Smith). Even though  Cypher brings Kitai to visit other rangers in a planet names Ipithos with a craft called Ursa.

Just before Cypher and Kitai arrives in Ipithos, a heavy storm damages their craft until it accidentally lands on a planet that we used to know as earth. Most of people in the craft die, except Cypher and Kitai. As Cypher is dying in the cockpit, Kitai go out from the craft to send signal to Nova Prime. Thus, Kitai have to travel on the dangerous earth, fight many vicious creatures, and face his fear.

Indeed, this movie has a bad side. In this movie, audiences might disappointed since the main actor – Will Smith – is not really shows his action as usual. He only sit in the cockpit without do action scenes, it is beyond my expectation.

On the other hand, this movie also has many good sides. I can get the chemistry between Will and his son, Jaden Smith.it reminds me to their awesome acting as father and son in The Pursuit of Happiness, one of my favorite movie which is starred by Will and Jaden. Another thing that I like from this movie is the idea which is presented by Syhamalan. When we watch this movie, we will find that the story is different from other movie, because the fantasy, science fiction, and drama are mixed in one movie.