I didn’t expect much from this movie, what with the horrible review from Entertainment Weekly and Rotten Tomatoes.com.
However, the movie exceeded my expectations and I really liked the movie.
Simple plot: Post-apocalyptic America. Denzel Washington is the lead as Eli. Eli has a King James Bible in his possession that he reads every night on his way across the US to deliver it to the right person. He doesn’t know who that person is, he is going on faith that he is heading the right way. The Bible is supposed to help save the world, or something and there is another guy looking for it. He runs a small town that, of course, Eli walks through.
The way the book is discovered by evil man is a whole different plotline, but eventually it is found out that Eli has this book and is planning to take it out West. So the evil man gets his henchmen and they go out and follow Eli.
I won’t say more, as I fear that I will give away the entire storyline. There is a nice little plot twist in the end. The movie is a thriller, and thrill it does. It is very well written and directed. All the actors are fabulous. Mila Kunis is great in this movie, deviating from the characters she usually plays. You can read her face and know what the character she is portraying is thinking. The cinematography (I believe its called) is great. I imagine a world like this to look a lot like it does in the film.
Doesn’t matter if you are a person of faith or not, the movie does not offend, and don’t look for plot holes, just go with the story. The only plot hole I can think of is that it took Eli 30 years to make his journey. It does not take 30 years to walk across the US. Maybe he was where he started from for many years before heading out, I don’t know. But I let that go and just went with the story.
Verdict: A- See it sometime, DVD or Blu-Ray is fine
