The Man from Earth (2007)

Genre: Drama/Science-fiction

Starring: David Lee Smith, Tony Todd, John Billingsley, Elen Crawford, Annika Peterson, William Katt, Alexis Thrope, Richard Riehle

When Prof. John Oldman (Smith) is moving on in life, an impromptu farewell party takes place when his work colleagues decide to bid him adieu. John seems to be leaving quite abruptly without giving any solid reasoning or logic, that makes his colleagues probe him deeper and deeper to try and get it out of him. The group comprised of a biologist, anthropologist, art historian, psychiatrist, historian, archaeologist and a student who try and understand why John wants to leave. John throws them the idea of the possibility of a caveman who has managed to live for 14,000 years and if such a thing could even be possible in the scientific world. With this topic finding takers amongst the group of professors, John slowly and steadily reveals the possibility of him being that very caveman and narrates his life experiences to the group. This movie is very obviously made on an extremely low budget where only the story mattered. An extremely interesting plot line that can absorb you quite quickly which also makes you believe in the possibility of human immortality. A lot of scientific jargon plagues the movie that makes it a turn off for someone who is not scientifically inclined. Being one of the last movies that Jerome Bixby, the writer of the original Star Trek movies, ever penned, that too on his deathbed, this movie is bound to live up to the levels of a true sci-fi fan. A very simple and easy movie to watch, if you pay close attention, and an even better movie for someone who is a science fanatic. A very interesting climax too.

Thumbs up: Amazing story, simplistic movie

Thumbs down: Zero

Rating: 8.4/10