10 Most Cringe-Worthy Vanity Projects In Movie History

8. After Earth

What happens when you take a huge A-list actor who may or may not be a Scientologist who teams up with the once great but now laughable director M. Night Shyamalan to make a science fiction movie starring his talentless son which may or may not be (but probably is) based on Scientology? Anyone who has seen the risible After Earth knows the answer to that question - what you get is one of the most tedious, dreadfully acted, tensionless science fiction movies in the history of cinema. Period.

Indeed, if you take the word of some critics at the time of its release, it could well be the worst movie of all time. In its defence, After Earth probably isn't the worst Scientology-inspired movie of all time (more on that later), but you'd be hard pushed to find anyone who sat through nearly two hours of Jaden Smith struggling to act like a human being (never mind playing a role) without falling asleep or walking away from the cinema. After Earth represents the evils of nepotism at its worst.