Critic Reviews for The Book of Eli. Book of Eli manages to follow the basic plot of Zardoz, while completely draining away all the meaning and coherence of the original. The percentage of Approved Tomatometer Critics who have given this movie a positive review.

So many other movies are. "The Book of Eli" is a stylish film that is reminiscent of "I Am Legend" and other post-apocalyptic stories, though it carves out a niche for itself due to its strong characters and its central theme. The film presents some religious sub-themes, which might find differing interpretations by different viewers. Host Grace Randolph gives you the low-down on Book of Eli, then get a review of Book of Eli from audiences fresh from the theater!

The Book of Eli

The Shades he wears fit him, cause hes mysterious, and makes everybody wonder what hes about, and capable of. Фантастика, боевик, драма. Режиссер: Альберт Хьюз, Аллен Хьюз. В ролях: Дензел Вашингтон, Гари Олдман, Мила Кунис и др. После мировой катастрофы Америка превратилась в выжженную пустыню. At first glance, The Book of Eli appears to be just another violent post-apocalyptic film from Hollywood. But beyond the bloody scenes and foul language, audiences will discover a compelling story filled with more biblical references and Christian thought than any other major motion picture in recent years. THE BOOK OF ELI is an effective post-apocalyptic action movie with elements from both comic books and Westerns thrown in for good measure. Eli's world is a dry and weary one. There's no water, and he walks through the ash of a jagged place, where men eat men and the sky's The premise of Eli centers around the Bible—not just as a book or an object of immense cultural value, but as a source of power.

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This could easily be a companion-piece to The Road, to which it bears a superficial resemblance. He eventually finds his way to an ad-hoc frontier outpost under the sway of sneering Gary Oldman, who is frantically searching for a book he appears to. Another postapocalyptic adventure, 'The Book of Eli' stars Denzel Washington as a pacifist warrior who becomes a sort of messianic figure.

Washington's character is essentially nameless, although if you stick it out long enough - or bother to recall the movie's title - you'll know him as Eli. As post-apocalyptic movie fiction goes, "The Book of Eli" is not a crowd-pleaser like the "Mad Max" series nor silly like any of the "Planet of the Apes" films. This film, the first from the Hughes Brothers in nearly nine years, instead is an intense, surprisingly serious study of a man making his way through a. This is a violent movie - a VERY violent movie.