"After Earth" reviews: Critics blast Will Smith's sci-fi family epic — cbsnews.com

To say critics haven't exactly been blown away by "After Earth" would be an understatement. Most reviewers are holding nothing back when tearing apart the new sci-fi film from M. Night Shyamalan starring father-and-son acting team Will and Jaden Smith. The Wall Street Journal is even wondering if "After Earth" is one of the worst movies ever made. The elder Smith stars as Cypher Raige, a veteran space military officer who has trouble connecting with his teenaged-son, Kitai (Jaden). When Cypher gets assigned to go on one last mission before his retirement, his wife (Sophie Okonedo) suggests he brings their son along for a bounding journey. Cypher and Kitai's transport ship crash lands on Earth, which was abandoned by humans 1,000 years beforehand due to wars and plagues.

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