Review of After Earth (2013) by Dylan D — 10 Sep 2014

M. Night Shyamalan is a filmmaker for whom it's easy to root. He's proven himself capable of assembling near perfect movies -- The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, and especially Signs are amongst the finest motion pictures of the past few decades -- but he has, for whatever reason, fallen on hard times and failed to conjure up the same sort of magic his early films produced.

Every time a new film hits the schedule with his name on it, the sense of anticipation remains, the hope that this will be the one that gets him back on track. Sadly, After Earth isn't that movie.

It's capable but hardly memorable, a picture filled with flaws and showing a promise that just isn't realized on any level. Here's hoping that next time will be the one that gets him back on track.