An average movie

What the hell was Will Smith thinking?!? I mean, so far, he has always made some rather smart choices in his career but it is not very often that you will come accross such a misguided vanity project. First of all, why did he choose M. Night Shyamalan to direct this? The guy has one of the most pathetic track records in the business and there was a fair probability that he would mess this one up as well. Eventually, it wasn't one of Shyamalan's worst efforts, I'll give you that, but it was still pretty weak. To make things worse,  Smith decided to shamelessly promote his son's career and gave him the lead in this story,  no less than that. Well, they got lucky with 'The Karate Kid' which turned out to be watchable, but, here, Jaden Smith was just not convincing at all and his performance was rather cringe-inducing. I mean, they took a lot of risks as Will Smith got hurt fairly early  in the movie so it meant that the young boy basically had to carry the whole thing on his shouders and it was apparently too much for him, I'm afraid. To conclude, it was pretty weak and I don't think it is really worth a look. 

5/10