“After Earth” has one aim and that is to mark Jaden Smith (“The Karate Kid”) a star. He appeared alongside his father, Will Smith (“Men In Black”), in the “Pursuit of Happyness” (yes, that’s how the spelt it) and once again he joins him in “After Earth” with M. Night Shyamalan (“Signs”) in the director’s chair. This film is dreadful from beginning to end.

In this devastatingly bad sci-fi, a crash-landing leaves Cypher Raige (Will Smith) severely injured and only his son, Kitai (Jaden Smith), can help trigger a beacon so they can be rescued. The two have crashed on Earth, which is now no longer safe for humans to be on since a millennium’s worth of evolution has led to the creatures of Earth becoming incredibly fierce… there’s also an alien monster on the loose.

The acting in this movie is absolutely awful. Will Smith looks incredibly bored as he spends the vast majority of the picture merely watching Jaden smith on a screen. Jaden Smith is somehow even worse with one of the most obnoxious accents ever put to film. The two have absolutely zero chemistry in this film and you won’t believe this is the same father and son duo you saw in “The Pursuit of Happyness”. The various creatures in the film look fairly bland and the alien creatures are generic.

The special effects are terrible, the acting is horrific, the plot is stupid and the dialog is awful. This is easily the worst Shyamalan film I’ve seen and I’m pretty sure it’s Will Smith’s worst movie too. Jaden Smith doesn’t deserve to be a star because he has no charisma and this film proves it. Most people despise this picture and I’m not surprised, it is absolutely appalling by any standards. This is a lifeless sci-fi movie.