Monday, August 16, 2010

The Book of Eli

Denzel Washington w/d Hughes brothers

Post- apocalypse yarn featuring a drifting superwarrior who kills everyone he chooses and it turns out is on a mission. Once the mission is revealed it turns out to be an asinine affirmation of the present ideological bullshit that plagues contemporary man. So there really is no hope.

Extremely stylish look...set design and the stunning use of de-saturated color...made this very watchable but throughout the filmmakers relied on superwarrior cliches. Other than the look there was very little to distinguish the film. It would be great for 12 year olds.

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