After Earth

About After Earth

One thousand years after cataclysmic events forced humanity's escape from Earth, Nova Prime has become mankind's new home. Legendary General Cypher Raige returns from an extended tour of duty to his estranged family, ready to be a father to his 13-year-old son, Kitai.

M. Night Shyamalan's After Earth is a 2013 science fiction film. The film is filed under post-apocalyptic future, father son conflict, stranded, and spaceship.

Jaden Smith takes the lead as Kitai Raige, Will Smith as Cypher Raige, Sophie Okonedo as Faia Raige, and Zoë Kravitz as Senshi Raige. It runs 100 minutes and was released in May 2013.

The screenplay is by Gary Whitta and M. Night Shyamalan. Production companies include Blinding Edge Pictures, Columbia Pictures, and Overbrook Entertainment. In the United States it streams on Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads.

Skyline, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, and War for the Planet of the Apes make useful companions to After Earth, all filed under alien, alien creature, and giant creature. TMDB voters put it at 5.2 out of 10 across 7,009 votes and it carries a PG-13 rating.