The Book of Eli

Another post apocalyptic movie...how many can they make. Mad Max was the forerunner and still one of the best.

The Book of Eli starts off slow, dark and not real entertaining. Then it goes into a little slice and dice action with some creative filming as to not show all the gore outright.

Eli is walking west and protecting the last King James Bible as after the end of life as it was known. Eli and the bad guy Carnegie are two of the old timers that existed before the change while most others in the movie were born after whatever tragedy had taken place. While walking West, to wherever, Eli tries to stay on his path but gets side tracked defending a few from the bad guys and scavengers along the road.

Not until halfway into the movie do you really even have a clue what it's about, as long as you never read anything about it. Then the twist kicks in and you realize that Eli is protecting the last known bible since all others were destroyed. But, that is not the good twist, the fact that Carnegie wants the bible to controll the masses is the real twist since it is exactly what it is still used for today. Once there were no more bibles, and christianity (wherever this movie was taking place), nobody had any faith or words to live by. (read"be controlled by")

I won't actually give any real spoilers here in case anyone cares to watch the movie. It was pretty low budget with only a few people in the movie as well as some of the shots looking totally fake and CGed along with Eli and Sumara rowing a boat. Also the film is done in an odd off color not quite B&W but greenish gray for the most part.

Other actors in this movie to note are Jennifer Beals who plays Bett in The L Word and Mila Kunis from That 70s Show.