SummaryIn the not-too-distant future, some 30 years after the final war, a solitary man walks across the wasteland that was once America. A warrior not by choice but necessity, Eli seeks only peace but, if challenged, will cut his attackers down before they realize their fatal mistake. It's not his life he guards so fiercely but his hope for the future;... Read More
Directed By:Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes
Written By:Gary Whitta
The Book of Eli
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Mixed or Average
53
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Generally Favorable
6.9
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
53
45% Positive
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
42% Mixed
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12% Negative
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75
A dynamic story, sprinkled with some interesting ideas about the preciousness of culture and how societies might rebuild themselves.
75
The film looks and feels good, and Washington's performance is the more uncanny the more we think back over it. The ending is "flawed," as we critics like to say, but it's so magnificently, shamelessly, implausibly flawed that (a) it breaks apart from the movie and has a life of its own, or (b) at least it avoids being predictable.
User score
Generally Favorable
6.9
62% Positive
214 Ratings
214 Ratings
30% Mixed
105 Ratings
105 Ratings
8% Negative
27 Ratings
27 Ratings
Aug 4, 2024
10
Filmaço da porra, gostei muito, recomendo pra quem for assistir
(Não contem ironia),todas as perguntas que você tiver ao longo do filme serão respondidas no final, RERECOMENDO PRA CARAMBA
Feb 18, 2024
10
The movie, despite some theological/religious errors, manages to convey the catastrophe that can befall upon mankind after walking away from Him and declaring war against His Sacred Word.
63
The film’s cool-looking desaturated look (not unlike “The Road”), plentiful action and Washington’s charismatic gravitas as the taciturn hero make it relatively easy to overlook the pretensions and implausibilities in the script.
60
The movie keeps you watching and generally engaged.
50
The story requires a greater leap of faith than I was willing or able to muster, since Eli is also a saintly pilgrim on a God-given mission to save a ruined world.
40
Mad Max 2 with Thought for the Day thrown in. There’s some ace post-holocaust action, but you can’t help feel you were invited to a party with fizzy pop and cream cake and got suckered into a sermon instead.
20
The Book of Eli combines the maximum in hollow piety with remorseless violence. [18 Jan. 2010, p.82]
Dec 11, 2015
10
This is one of the best christian-fiction movies i had. If you are into action movies, and into Jesus, this one is for you. The OST is very amazing and shows a powerful story.
Oct 28, 2019
6
Good acting, but man... Too religious of a theme for my liking. Some things are just too non-sensical.
Aug 26, 2019
6
Pretty cool Denzel Washington film with great music and visuals, though the story has issues.
Mar 7, 2012
3
Christian propagandizing piffle pretending to be an action-adventure movie. Apparently, after most people die and the rest are left to suffer in a living nightmare, we're supposed to feel good that a man (the messiah?) comes along and recites the bible. Exactly what has been solved or even improved in the slightest way? The Road does it a million times better and without the sermonizing.
Production Company:
- Alcon Entertainment
- Silver Pictures
Release Date:Jan 15, 2010
Duration:1 h 58 m
Rating:R
Tagline:Some will kill to have it. He will kill to protect it.
Awards
Black Reel Awards
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
Image Awards (NAACP)
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 3 Nominations
