The Book of Eli (2010)

Directed by

Allen Hughes, Albert Hughes

Genre

action film, post-apocalyptic film, thriller film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 58m

Rated

R

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 6,746 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A lone man walks across a ruined United States carrying a special book. He must protect it from a warlord who wants it for himself.

bleakslow-burnstarktensesombervisually lushdeterminedsparse

What happens

The Book of Eli is a 2010 American post-apocalyptic neo-Western action film directed by the Hughes brothers, written by Gary Whitta, and starring Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis, Ray Stevenson, and Jennifer Beals. The story revolves around Eli (Washington), a nomad in a post-apocalyptic world who seeks to deliver his copy of a mysterious book to a safe location on the West Coast of the United States. Filming began in February 2009 and took place in New Mexico. The Book of Eli was released theatrically in the United States on January 15, 2010, by Warner Bros. Pictures. It received mixed reviews from critics but earned $157.1 million at the worldwide box office on a budget of $80 million. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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