Night's fault this time.Īfter Earth takes place hundreds of years in the future, after humanity has vacated our home planet of Earth. And I have to admit I'm not entirely sure it's all M. The end result is a film that has its heart and mind in the right place, but all the pieces don't seem to fit well enough to make everything work together just right. While it has the star power of Will Smith behind it, the film hardly makes the best use of it, as Smith clearly takes a back seat to give his son Jaden a chance to take lead. Not surprisingly, After Earth didn't get the warmest reception at the box office.
Night Shyamalan" had been a selling point for most everything after The Sixth Sense, you'd discover it nearly impossible to find his name attached to this one it's as if Sony knew it could be the kiss of death. The absolute stinker The Last Airbender tanked in 2010, which brings us to the present with his first film in three years, After Earth. It seemed to lead to his first R-rated venture with The Happening in 2008 which ended up backfiring tremendously. By the time the sorely underrated Lady in the Water released in 2006, most audiences had written him off completely. Signs renewed some viewers' faith in 2002, but 2004's The Village seemed to be the beginning of the end for the thriller director. Unbreakable wasn't quite the follow-up moviegoers expected, and its unexpected comic book themed premise shocked and polarized audiences. Night Shyamalan was being called the new Hitchcock. When The Sixth Sense wowed audiences in 1999, M. Let's take a quick look at the rise and fall of one particular director. Movie Reviews (Main) > Movie Reviews (Main).Indie Reviews (Main) > Indie Reviews (Main).
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