The Book of Eli

I saw this film on 20th January at Stratford Picture House

Eli travels across America with a mission. He kills large numbers of nasty people as he goes; their deaths are all deserved but many innocent bystanders go the same way. That's what happens after an apocalypse as Mad Max showed us thirty years ago. The hero himself, played by Denzil Washington, seems to have superhuman protection and almost superhuman fighting capability. The chief villain, played by Gary Oldman, has neither. Although I found the film quite gripping I kept wondering what it was really about and expecting some sort of deeper message; there wasn't one. Although there was a small twist toward the end I found the film's conclusion rather disappointing. This was a fairly entertaining way to spend a couple of hours but otherwise the film has not a lot to recommend it.