274 reviews
Sales Rank: 212

Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English (Unknown)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Running Time: 118 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6

MPN: 883929103409
UPC: 883929103409
EAN: 0883929103409
ASIN: B002ZG997C

Theatrical Release Date: January 15, 2010
Release Date: June 15, 2010
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

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Product Description
A man travels across a post-apocalyptic American protecting a sacred book that holds secrets to the survival of humans.

Amazon.com
With unflappable cool and surprising gentleness, Denzel Washington strides a bleak and barren world in The Book of Eli. Eli is headed west, but on the way, he passes devastation and squalor, and occasionally he must mete out some devastation of his own with a sharp blade. But when he arrives in what passes for a town in this dust-and-ash future, the power-hungry owner of the town's bar, Carnegie (Gary Oldman, looking a million years old), covets his one important possession. (Spoiler alert, sort of: it becomes apparent pretty quickly that it's a King James Bible.) Conflict ensues! Though the plot is simple and the "mystery" of the book doesn't last long, The Book of Eli is carried along effortlessly by its star. Washington has always had a compelling mixture of authority and tenderness, and it's this latter quality that makes this contribution to the testosterone-and-violence-drenched post-apocalyptic subgenre unexpectedly human. The script, while not particularly original, has effective dialogue and is smart enough not to explain too much. The supporting actors--including Mila Kunis (Forgetting Sarah Marshall), Jennifer Beals (who hasn't aged a day since Flashdance), and Ray Stevenson (Rome)--are all capable and easy on the eyes. The movie's bleached-out, sepia-tone look isn't new either, but it suits the subject matter. Anyone who wants to be offended by the movie's spiritual conclusion would be wiser to enjoy the subversive insinuation that religion can enslave as much as save. All in all, a competent action movie with some enjoyably atypical elements. --Bret Fetzer

Customer Reviews:

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Good movie, plot, actors. September 10, 2010
Bruce
Watched it with a bunch of friends and we all enjoyed this movie. Great action but also serious and emotional at times. Gotta love Washington.

Anyway seems alot of people are judging the movie on the religious overtones and not the movie itself.

A+ in my opinion.

2 out of 5 stars

This Book is Not Worth the Read September 9, 2010
Ethan Gentzsch (Oceanside, CA.)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

A cat is killed in the opening scene for food, yet Denzel is kind to a rat, who he feeds some of the cat meat to. It made me know right away that I wasn't going to like this. The desert town he goes to is too old western cowboy. The world is desolate now, yet everyone still has stylish sunglasses? And where do they get the gas to power their cars and even motorcycles? The "twist" didn't gel with the rest of the movie. I only gave 2 stars instead of one because the fight and action sequences were well shot and edited along with the cinematography.

SPOILER ALERT

At least the intentions of Gary Oldman's character of wanting to use the bible to control the masses was a breath of fresh air because it rings true to how most fanatical Christians were... still are. And if the bible is what caused the war that lead to the apocolypse, how then can the last surviving copy help and save the rest of mankind? Too many holes in the story.

5 out of 5 stars

awesome movie September 5, 2010
MARAUDER
I liked the movie a lot great actors, story and everything I would watch it again.

5 out of 5 stars

Book of Eli September 5, 2010
elizabeth parrish
1 out of 2 found this review helpful

Love this move, I watch it again yesterday for the second time I enjoyed more than the first time:)

1 out of 5 stars

ELI September 5, 2010
TRUE REVIEW
2 out of 5 found this review helpful

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

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