Film-BookAn action movie that had everything going for it but still managed to come up short on the realities of its fantasy world.
8th CircuitThe action is sweet, the actors perform well, and the story is just plain awesome. While 2009 was filled with lackluster fil...
News in FilmA thoughtful message tucked beneath the stylized gray skies of a bleak, post-apocalyptic existence
ExaminerHave yourself a spaghetti western drenched in diesel fuel - "The Book of Eli" is combustible and delicious. The godless migh...
ReviewSTLThe Hughes Brothers crafted a really good looking post apocalyptic world for their characters to live in. The dialogue would...
VarietyFor the third time in four months, after "2012" and "The Road," the end of the world as we now know it is up on the bigscree...
Chicago Sun-TimesI'm at a loss for words, so let me say these right away: "The Book of Eli" is very watchable.
San Francisco ChronicleAs for Washington, not every actor can play humanity's best and only hope, but he can and does - not a small thing.
Chicago TribuneI used to think the apocalypse was so "tomorrow." Lately at the movies, though, what with "Zombieland" and "2012" and "The R...
E! OnlineRemember how, when you were watching The Road, you thought to yourself, "This needs more kung fu and Jesus"? God, and the Hu...
Entertainment WeeklyThe clouds are gray, the scorched earth is gray, and the age-old nuclear ash falling from the sky is gray.
Film School RejectsFight scenes are fast and brutal; action is solid; single shot during house attack scene is very cool; Washington is charism...
ColliderIf you don’t mind the promotion of extreme measures resulting from blind faith, then you should show some thanks to The Book...
FirstShowingRemove the stylish vision, well-crafted direction, and the film's ending, and I probably wouldn't have looked too favorably ...
ReelViewsArguably, the international fascination with the apocalypse has never been bigger than it is today, and it has resulted in f...
The New York Times With his green jacket and unsmiling mouth, he looks like a veteran of an unknown war, a soldier of misfortune — though, giv...
San Francisco ChronicleBlink and you'll miss the only allusion to other religious tomes — a cheap, belated try at tolerance.
VarietyWashington's Eli is ultimately too confined by the man-of-few-words movie norms he's saddled with.
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Partial Film Information
Director: Allen Hughes
Writer: Gary Whitta
Studio: Warner Bros Pictures
Cast: Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis
Release: January 15, 2010
Writer: Gary Whitta
Studio: Warner Bros Pictures
Cast: Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis
Release: January 15, 2010
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