Actors: David Lee
Smith, Tony Todd, John Billingsley, Annika Peterson, Ellen Crawford, William
Katt, Richard Riehle
Rating: 8 out of 10, A very smart
movie based on a single premise and the attendant discussion surrounding
it. A college professor reveals to his
fellow professors at his going away party that he is 14,000 years old and
started out as a Cro-Magnon caveman. He
is met with disbelief and the ensuing discussion goes down some fairly startling
rabbit holes which I won’t ruin by even hinting at. There are no flashbacks or action scenes but
this movie works because it makes you think about the implications of such a
life much like the friends of John Oldman (get it). It was a little jarring to see the Candyman
as a college professor, but even that worked.
This movie was non-stop but it works because of its simple approach to
an earth shaking revelation. Sometimes,
simple works better than all the CGI in the world.
MVP: David Lee Smith
for his calm recollection of his 14 millennia life as John
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