It should give you an idea of just how badly things have gone for M. Night Shyamalan that the trailer for his new movie After Earth makes no mention of the fact that he directed it. But it features killer monkeys, so it can’t be all bad.
Also, if you look closely, this trailer features Will Smith killing aliens with a sword, while the aliens use guns. So it’s basically a Riddick movie:
Equally as distracting is the fact that this trailer opens with the main menu music from Deus Ex: Human Revolution, although we guess that’s better than Hollywood beating the score to Requiem For A Dream into the ground.
We’re just wondering how much of the movie is Will Smith’s kid getting chased by CGI wildlife, because that seems to be the key selling point of the trailer, that and “Will Smith is a dick to his kid”. Did people really hate the Karate Kid remake that much?
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What the fuck is that accent? It sounds like a mix between the deep south and south africa.
“We left 1000 years ago”——>”Everything has evolved to kill humans”
Makes sense. I can’t wait for whatever stupid twist ends the movie. Are they in the past? Is Will Smith dead all along?
The megafauna tell me they’re in the past.
Yes. People really did hate The Karate Kid remake that much.
Wow. This looks really bad. I know Dingdong didn’t write the script, but he can’t motivate his actors to have any sort of anything. It’s basically, “Dad, Wait In The Car” the movie.
I admit, I’m looking forward more to what happens when the Internet realizes M. Night Shyamalan made a movie about a black guy running through a jungle with a spear. That MIGHT be a little problematic for some people. Just guessing.
Probably a wholelotta memes, and then memes making fun of those memes before the meta-memes hit. This is all in an afternoon on Reddit.
Wait, I though Tom Cruise was in this? Is there a “Armageddon”/”Deep Impact” situation here?
No, you’re thinking of “Oblivion”. This is the other SF movie starring a Scientologist coming out this year.