The Book of Eli review

It's been a while since a movie hit me like this one did. From the trailers I'd seen, it was just another typical post-apocalyptic, survivor-type movie. Boy, was I wrong!

Also it's been a long time since a movie stuck with me, and I kept rolling it from the beginning to end in my mind like this one. I'm going to try and keep from putting out major spoilers of the movies and keep to what anyone could have seen in the trailers.

Basically the movie starts with our main character, Eli, killing a hairless cat for food, from that point you realize this world that these people are living in is harsh, to say the least. As Eli travels across the landscape you truly get a sense of a world that has been left to rot after a major War. Not like a war we've seen in the past, but a truly nasty one that left very few things left alive. Obviously food and water are scarce, and as Eli finally comes into contact with people, well, its every man and woman for him and herself.

You don't realize what exactly is driving Eli to travel across this barren landscape, all by his lonesome, until about thirty-forty minutes into it. But by then you also realize how he has been able to do it, without dying. As death comes quickly and in many forms in this war-ravaged world, whether from starvation, dehydration, or from a fellow human. However, since Eli's mission has been blessed, to say the least, he's meant to survive until his purpose is fulfilled.

Now, I'm not going to ruin any of the pleasant surprises the film has in store for its viewer, but needless to say after of all of the movies I've seen these past few years, the surprise moments in this film were like breathes of fresh air. Never have I felt so many emotions in a movie from beginning to very end, and felt them even after the credits rolled.

Whether you're a full-fledged Bible-toting, scripture rattling Christian, or only been to church for the holidays this year, this movie will stay with you. I gurantee it.