The Book of Eli stars Denzel Washington as Eli, a man in a post apocalyptic world who is journeying west to a place beyond the vermin who have inherited the Earth, but his journey won't be gone on alone.
The Book of Eli was I thought, not a terrible film as there were some good parts but it's also a film that's not very good either, first off Washington is awesome, showing the same star power that Clint Eastwood showed, minimal, full of depth but never boring, another that impressed was Mila Kunis who is starting to turn into a promising actress, Gary Oldman was a little over the top but overall I thought the film was just okay at best overall, had it not been for Washington being so good in this film, it would have certainly been a failure.
The other factor that I should really talk about and is what lies at the heart of the problem I had with this movie is the Mad Max influence, you see whenever I see a new apocalyptic film and The Road from earlier this year also qualifies, both of them in the end make me want to watch Mad Max 1 and 2 more than anything else, as both of those films mentioned borrow very heavily from that film in terms of the main plot and character, they're either drifters coming through a compound be it a town or otherwise and promises to help them as they travel wherever to their place far beyond the reach of men on machines or their wanting to do what I just mentioned, travel to their place in the sun beyond that vermin on machines, where the main lead lives on only in their memories, I mean come on guys this is really starting to get on my nerves.
So yeah folks, if you want a good apocalyptic ride, go rent the first two Mad Max movies, only rent this one if you must, 2 out of 5.
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