“ghosting,” “Cypher Raige,” “Kitai,” “ursa” -who came up with these? Another problem is the issue of survival. The screenplay was co-written by Shyamalan (with Gary Whitta, based on a story by Will Smith), and much of it leaves head-scratching questions. I’m not sure where to begin with this movie. With Cypher handicapped by a bad leg injury, Kitai has to face his fear and make his way to the ship’s tail, with unknown wild animals (including a loose ursa) all evolved with the purpose of killing him. The only working distress beacon was located in the tail of ship, which broke off and is now a far distance from where they are. While taking Kitai with him traveling, Cypher’s spaceship crashes on Earth, with the two as the only survivors. Problem is, Kitai is struck with an overwhelming sense of fear. After a tragedy strikes their family, Kitai makes it his goal to become as good (or even better) than Cypher. Kitai (Jaden Smitih) looks up to his father, and wants to become a ranger as well. The very best ranger is General Cypher Raige (Will Smith), a battle-tested soldier who can walk amongst the ursas completely undetected.īut this isn’t his story it’s his son’s. A ranger nullifies this by ghosting, and as a result an ursa cannot spot them. The special skill of these rangers is their ability to remove all signs of fear from their psyche, known as “ghosting.” An ursa can literally sense the fear radiating off a person, and uses it as a sense of vision and direction. Because of the threat of dangerous alien beings known as “ursas,” humans developed highly trained ranger squads to take them down and keep the peace. As After Earth‘s story begins, we find them settled in other planetary systems. When a studio is wary of the public’s response to the person who directed their product, shouldn’t that signal to them that they may have hired the wrong person? But when it comes to big studios, you don’t need me telling you where common sense ranks in importance.įar off in the distant future, humanity’s disregard for the environment has rendered Earth uninhabitable. This is the production’s first -and maybe biggest -mistake. No surprise, then, that the marketing material for his latest, After Earth, comes with his name nowhere to be seen. It got to the point that when the trailer came out for Devil (2010) -a film he didn’t even direct -I distinctly remember scoffs and laughter coming from the audience at the sight of his name. Since Unbreakable (2000) and Signs (2002) came out over a decade ago, his work has become less and less successful critically. Night Shyamalan’s very name now comes with a certain connotation. May 30th, 2013 | POSTED BY Allen Almachar
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