Denzel Washington stars as the wandering Eli - a man guarding a book that may prove the redemption of a post-nuclear wasteland in "The Book of Eli".
Interesting post-Apocalyptic action-drama, which sees Denzel Washington as Eli: A quiet loner who's been walking the Earth for almost thirty years; entrusted to protect and deliver a book required to rebuild civilization.
The Hughes Brothers ('From Hell') make a confident return to film after a nine year hiatus and opt for skip bleached, multi filtered mis-en-scene: As our badass hero walks into a Southwest town run by a power mad Gary Oldman, relieves gun totting bikers of their heads with a Saracen sword, reluctantly takes on a sidekick in the shapely form of Mila Kunis and steels himself to complete the mission.
'The Book of Eli' often plays out like a best of the Post Apocalypse, Western, Sci-fi and Samurai genres: The dustbowl landscapes of 'Mad Max', the wooden house siege of 'Young Guns', the saturated vistas of 'Pitch Black' and the wandering Ronin of countless Kurosawa movies.
Denzel Washington is awesome as always, and balances out the narrative to make Eli's spiritual momentum as engaging an aspect of the narrative as the journey itself. Enjoyable movie; worth watching.
Providing a message of hope in a hopeless, and savage post-apocalyptic world, Eli is a man on a quest, not seeking answers but ironically, he is seeking to provide an answer or message, of possible salvation. He walks alone and lives by his principles without compromise. The taciturn Eli holds life dear yet conversely, with no other option he takes same in an almost Zen-like way as of a peaceful warrior. The twist at the end is ironic and eye-opening. Well worth more than one viewing.
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play. Some will kill to have it. He will kill to protect it. Eli walks alone in post-apocalyptic America. He heads west along the highway of Death on a mission he doesn't fully understand but knows he must complete. In his backpack is the last copy of a book that could become the wellspring of a revived society. Or in the wrong hands, the hammer of a despot. Denzel Washington is Eli, who keeps his blade sharp and his survival instincts sharper as his quest thrusts him into a savage wasteland... and into explosive conflict with a resourceful warlord (Gary Oldman) set on possessing the book. "We walk by faith, not by sight," quotes Eli. Under the taut direction of the Hughes Brothers (From Hell), those words hit home with unexpected meaning and power.
Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman and Mila Kunis star in this sci-fi action thriller. 30 years after an unspecified environmental disaster, a lone man, Eli (Washington), fights his way across the desolate wasteland of a post-apocalyptic America guarding a sacred book called the Book of Eli, which holds the secrets that can bring civilisation back from the brink of destruction and save humankind. His principal threat is despotic town leader Carnegie (Oldman), who will stop at nothing to get hold of the book and use its secrets to take control of society.
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