M. Night Shyamalan may have begun his career with both critical and
commercial success, but in the last half decade or so, universal praise
has largely escaped him. The Happening, The Last Airbender
and several others put a big dent in his reputation among fans, but
until recently, he still managed to frequently pull in impressive box
office numbers. His most recent feature After Earth, initially seemed promising with longtime A-list actor Will Smith and his son Jaden Smith signed on
for the action adventure flick set 1,000 years in the future. Even with
that stor power, however, the movie came and went in theaters in the
blink of an eye without
blowing many people away. Now Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is
hoping to bring in some added cash flow from Blu-ray, DVD and Digital
sales. Maybe an impressive amount of revenue will be generated. Maybe
it’ll once again disappoint domestically. Either way, the studio will
know pretty quickly as fans will be able to start buying copies on
October 8.
Gary Whitta wrote the script for the film, which follows a young man
named Kitai (Jaden Smith) and his father, Cypher (Will Smith), after
they crash land on Earth years from now. Earth has evolved to become
hostile over the years and when Cypher breaks his legs in the crash, he
must rely on Kitai’s energy and perseverance to help them survive on the
planet through good times and bad. You would think that the “hostile
Earth” idea would have been a little laughable when pitched, but someone
liked it, the movie was made, and it ended up making decent money
worldwide.
If you are still on the M. Night Shyamalan bandwagon—apparently, such a thing does still exist--the After Earth
release may be a good film to add to your collection. Fans of the
director or the film will find a decent array of bonus features with
both the Blu-ray and DVD sets of the film, although Blu-ray copies will
come with a few additional featurettes. The big highlight with the set
is a “never-before-seen” version of the opening sequence of the film,
which should be interesting, provided it varies plenty from the
theatrical opening sequence.
Other featurettes focus on the look of the film, as well as the world
building. Shockingly, there are no deleted scenes and Shyamalan opted to
avoid audio commentary with the set, so if you do enjoy those sorts of
extras, you are out of luck this time. You can check out the full list
of bonus features, below, or pre-order the set over at Amazon.
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