The Book of Eli

The book of Eli is a story about an important book that everyone is searching for because they say that when you have this book, you can control a lot of people. The book resides with Eli who is on a mission to get this book on the West Coast of United States. It's setting was after the war and it had wiped out almost all the people. I did not know what the book was until the end of the movie. The book was a copy of the last bible on earth and as they say, this would control a lot of people. They did not reveal what the book was until the end of the movie because I guess to make the movie interesting. Who would be interested if they already know what the book was and more so if they knew it was the bible. They would wonder why the people would kill just for a piece of book. To add up to the mystery of the story, the book or the bible was not written in words but in brail, the language of the blind. So, whoever would read it can not read it unless they know how to read brail.

Denzel Washington was fit for his role and he did a good job. With his martial arts and his marksmanship, he was the guy for the role. The movie was nice but there was a point where it got boring. I guess it would help if the action scenes were more and a little less drama. But I guess with that kind of story, you could not do without a drama in it.

Overall, I liked the film and I liked how they hold the revelation of the book until the end of the movie. I somehow got an idea when Denzel Washington was telling Mila Kunis a verse from the book but I did not expect it to be the bible.