Everyone would like to have a piece
of this book as to what is all about, what it encompasses, and how it
feels like to hold it tangibly. Well that is just pipe dream, a wishful
thinking to many so long it is still around the close company of the
armed to teeth Eli who will make sure he protects it to bits to the
extent that can even force to return fire with fire for it. The
story revolves around Eli, a nomad in a post-apocalyptic world, who is
told by a voice to deliver his copy of a book to a safe location on the
West Coast of the United States. The history
of the post-war world is explained along the way as is the importance of
Eli's task. 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 (Menace II Society), those words hit
home with unexpected meaning and power. With unflappable cool and surprising gentleness, Denzel Washington strides a bleak and barren world in The Book of Eli.
Eli is headed west, but on the way, he passes devastation and squalor,
and occasionally he must mete out some devastation of his own with a
sharp blade. But when he arrives in what passes for a town in this
dust-and-ash future, the power-hungry owner of the town's bar, Carnegie
(Gary Oldman, looking a million years old), covets his one important
possession. (Spoiler alert, sort of: it becomes apparent pretty quickly
that it's a King James Bible.) Conflict ensues! Though the plot is
simple and the "mystery" of the book doesn't last long, The Book of
Eli is carried along effortlessly by its star. Washington has always had
a compelling mixture of authority and tenderness, and it's this latter
quality that makes this contribution to the
testosterone-and-violence-drenched post-apocalyptic subgenre
unexpectedly human.
The
script, while not particularly original, has effective dialogue and is
smart enough not to explain too much. The supporting actors--including
Mila Kunis (Forgetting Sarah Marshall), Jennifer Beals (who hasn't aged a
day since Flash dance), and Ray Stevenson (Rome)--are all capable and
easy on the eyes. The movie's bleached-out, sepia-tone look isn't new
either, but it suits the subject matter. Anyone who wants to be offended
by the movie's spiritual conclusion would be wiser to enjoy the
subversive insinuation that religion can enslave as much as save. Over
and above the movie is quite compelling and intriguing as it keeps on
keeping you on the edge just the way you will love it at its best.
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