The Book of Eli (2010)






In the not-too-distant future, some 30 years after the final war, a solitary man walks across the wasteland that was once America. A warrior not by choice but necessity, Eli seeks only peace but, if challenged, will cut his attackers down before they realize their fatal mistake. It's not his life he guards so fiercely but his hope for the future; a hope he has carried and protected for 30 years and is determined to realize. Driven by this commitment and guided by his belief in something greater than himself, Eli does what he must to survive--and continue. Eli must keep moving to fulfill his destiny and bring help to a ravaged humanity. Only one other man in this ruined world understands the power Eli holds, and is determined to make it his own: Carnegie.


Articles on The Book of Eli

Andrew S. Gross, The Post-Apocalyptic Western as a Bookish Genre: The Book of Eli's Vision of an Archival Future, in: Marek Paryz, John R. Leo (eds.), The post-2000 film western, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York, NY, 2015

Look Hughes Back, in: Empire, nr. 248 (February), 2010 pp. 26-29

Scott Orlin, The Book of Eli, in: Cinema (Germany), nr. 381 (Februar), 2010 pp. 82

Reviews

Kim Newman, The Book of Eli, in: Empire, nr. 249 (March), 2010 pp. 68

Henry K. Miller, The Book of Eli, in: Sight & Sound, nr. 3 (March), 2010 pp. 51-52

Franz Everschor, The Book of Eli, in: Filmdienst, nr. 4, 2010 pp. 21

Dietmar Kanthak, The Book of Eli, in: epd Film, nr. 2, 2010 pp. 49

Philipp Schulze, The Book of Eli, in: Cinema (Germany), nr. 381 (Februar), 2010 pp. 44-45