Spreading the Word: The Book of Eli
I went out last night hunting some brainless action to fill the void of a Sunday evening. The choices were John Hilcoat’s “The Road” or this weeks new release “The Book of Eli”. With “Eli” the poster promised Apocalypse-pow action and the grief stricken faces emerging from The Road screening was all I needed to choose door number two. The Book of Eli is based in the starched, water parched years after The Flash, a not entirely explained worldwide disaster. Civilization has been all but destroyed. Rape, murder and cannibalism are the norm and in the midst of this Denzel Washington is going West.