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The Book of Eli | 
| Directors: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes
Actors: Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis, Ray Stevenson, Jennifer Beals
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $28.98
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Rating:  273 reviews
Sales Rank: 170
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
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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 iThe Book of Eli/i. 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, iThe Book of Eli/i 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 (iForgetting Sarah Marshall/i), Jennifer Beals (who hasn't aged a day since iFlashdance/i), and Ray Stevenson (iRome/i)--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. i--Bret Fetzer/i
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 awesome movie September 5, 2010
MARAUDER
I liked the movie a lot great actors, story and everything I would watch it again.
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:)
 ELI September 5, 2010
TRUE REVIEW
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY . DENZEL MUST HAVE BEEN UNDER CONTRACT TO DO THIS FILM OR NEEDED THE MONEY
Love it! September 5, 2010
D. Vega (california)
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 :)
almost instantly forgettable September 4, 2010
D. Clarke (Jefferson, OR United States)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
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.
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br /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.
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br /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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