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Starring: Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis, Ray Stevenson, Jennifer Beals
Directed By: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes

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Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: Blu-ray
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0883929103423
Format: AC-3
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Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: 2010-06-15
Running Time: 118
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2010-01-15

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Eli walks alone in post-apocalyptic America. 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.

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Summary: awesome movie
Comment: I liked the movie a lot great actors, story and everything I would watch it again.

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Summary: Book of Eli
Comment: Love this move, I watch it again yesterday for the second time I enjoyed more than the first time:)

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Summary: ELI
Comment: DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY . DENZEL MUST HAVE BEEN UNDER CONTRACT TO DO THIS FILM OR NEEDED THE MONEY

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Summary: Love it!
Comment: The movie is great! I haven't watch a good movie lately im really glad i watched Book of Eli I got nothing much to say just want to put a 5 star on this movie :)

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Summary: almost instantly forgettable
Comment: A near total waste of time for Denzel Washington and Gary Oldman, both of whom have done much better in the past. Eli is predictable, derivative, and ultimately way too preachy. The movie plays like some kind of teenager's video game, with Denzel lopping off hands, running through a dozen people at a time with his super-sharp machete, and using hand and shotgun to blast away about twice that many more whenever he's threatened. Of course throughout all of this Eli gets away with nary a scratch, at least until the silly plot demands that everything be pulled together in a certain way, no matter how unbelievable it may be.

Gary Oldman as Carnegie looks mad throughout (and really quite oily)---not much of a change from his last few performances. Remember Bram Stoker's Dracula? See that for a fine Oldman performance. Not many do weird as well as Gary O. But in Eli...feh! Who cares what he says or does. Jennifer Beals is completely underutilized, and Mila Kunis as Solara is almost instantly forgettable as Eli's roaming companion. Check the ending (if you make it that far), where for lack of a better plot device Solara inherits the mantle. Gotta keep things going, after all. The Word must get out. Again, unbelievable and dumb.

In sum, I couldn't help but wonder if the need to fit in all the religious stuff got in the way of anyone's thinking that it just might have been religion that caused all the devastation in the first place. Guess we're supposed to believe that the torch must be carried not matter what.

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