After the last two post-apocalyptic flicks, Daybreakers and The Road, my hopes for The Book Of Eli were low, yes there's Denzel Washington, Mila Kunis and Gary Oldman, but the plot about the last bible being protected and lots of random action seemed like it was going to suck.
So I was very happy when about 50 minutes in I was enjoying the story, the characters, including 2 really neat scenes with Tom Waits, the action and the whole piece seemed to work well. Denzel kicked ass, was fun to watch, generally awesome, Mila Kunis was as good as ever, Oldman really came off as a Dafoe like presence, evil and crazy in the classic Oldman style, not the recent subdued status, it was fun to watch him ham it up.
The action is top notch, whilst one scene in an old house clearly rips off Bad Boys II (When you rip off something of that calibre, questions are raised), it's fun, light and breezy, gun fights are well done, sword fighting has some nice limb chopping action, nice moments like the first hit, a decapitation, tell you we're gonna be in a fun film, no Bat screaming jump scares, no monochrome, it's dark in a bright way, and wants you to be entertained, classic blockbuster action.
Whilst the ending, a long series of stupid twists and dull moments in Alcatraz, doesn't work, and detracts from the body, the rest of the film is fantastic, even if it's a bit too bible happy, or that they seem to present Eli's name reveal in a bit of a twist-ish moment, though it's in the freaking title...
Still, it's loud, fun and has great action, nice distraction.
7/10
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