Earth abandoned. Sci-fi duplicated.
In 2013, Hollywood looked to a future where Earth was less a home than a haunting reminder of what humanity had lost. Oblivion and After Earth both follow protagonists navigating an abandoned, hostile planet while uncovering truths that reshape their understanding of their mission. But while Oblivion wraps its mystery in sleek visuals, existential sci-fi, and big ideas, After Earth opts for a father-son survival adventure that never quite reaches the same heights. They may share a remarkably similar premise, but one became a stylish sci-fi favorite, while the other serves as a reminder that a great concept only gets you so far.
Oblivion
In 2077, drone repairman Jack Harper is one of the last humans stationed on an Earth devastated decades earlier by war with an alien race known as the Scavs. With his mission nearly complete, Jack's understanding of his own past — and of the planet itself — is upended when he rescues a mysterious woman from a downed spacecraft, setting off a chain of events that forces him to question everything he's been told.
- Release Date
- April 19, 2013
- Tagline(s)
- Earth is a memory worth fighting for.
- Director(s)
- Joseph Kosinski
- Writer(s)
- Karl Gajdusek, Michael deBruyn (Michael Arndt), Joseph Kosinski (graphic novel/story)
- Leading Cast
- Tom Cruise , Morgan Freeman , Olga Kurylenko , Andrea Riseborough , Nikolaj Coster-Waldau , Melissa Leo
- Budget
- $$120 million
- Box Office
- $$89.1 million $$197.1 million
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 53%% 61%%
- IMDB
- 7.0/10 / 10
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After Earth
A thousand years after cataclysmic events forced humanity to abandon Earth, a crash landing strands legendary General Cypher Raige and his teenage son Kitai on the now-hostile, evolved planet. With Cypher critically injured, Kitai must cross dangerous, unfamiliar terrain alone to retrieve a rescue beacon, facing evolved predators and an escaped alien creature that hunts by sensing fear.
- Release Date
- May 31, 2013
- Tagline(s)
- Danger is real. Fear is a choice.
- Director(s)
- M. Night Shyamalan
- Writer(s)
- Gary Whitta, M. Night Shyamalan (screenplay), Will Smith (story)
- Leading Cast
- Will Smith , Jaden Smith , Sophie Okonedo , Zoë Kravitz
- Budget
- $$130 million
- Box Office
- $$60.5 million $$183.3 million
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 12%% 36%%
- IMDB
- 4.8/10 / 10
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