The Man from Earth: Holocene

Although the premise of the first installment was original and interesting, its success came mainly from the tempting offer to sum up all the world's problems under a single heading. There was certainly room for a second installment, especially in an era rife with alternate interpretations of history, but Schenkman's (Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies or the legendary Lusty Liaisons) idea of conceiving this as a high-school whodunit whose reveal is what the first installment is all about shows a truly peculiar loss of judgment. It almost doesn't matter in the end either, because the film is virtually unwatchable. The way it's lit, the way the cameras move, and the way it's focused, it's reminiscent of the less successful 90s romance series that are now in their final season, and the whole thing is imbued with a sectarian exuberance where virtually every shot recalls a photograph from The Watchtower. The characters fall prey to a similarly simplistic perception, with the quartet of protagonists consisting of a nerdy Asian woman, a white Catholic man, a funny black man, and a white vamp. So bring your crayons with you. (17/01/2018)

Compared to the original film, which is ten years older, this is a step forward in terms of filming technology, because it looks better and is shot better. However, in terms of storytelling ability, it's much worse and definitely not as good as the first film. The director shouldn’t do this anymore, because he didn't add anything new in the end. (13/02/2018)