Jan, 2010 im at a loss for words, so let me say these right away. After a shootout at a house in the middle of nowhere, solara and the book are captured and eli is wounded. It stars kelly reilly, sadie sink, lili taylor, max martini, and charlie shotwell. Eli ending explained what the hell was netflixs eli. However, eli proves to be the better man when he gently declines her advances. The book of eli continues hollywoods obsession with postapocalyptic tales, and in many ways feels like it belongs in the same world as the road. She asks him to teach her how to read it but eli doesnt respond.
Its not as damaging as the ridiculous final scene of fractured, but i was left with a similar bad taste in my mouth. One day he wanders into a small town run by carnegie, a determined man who has been sending out men in search of a particular book, the very one eli has in his possession. The film was produced by paramount players, mtv films, intrepid pictures and bellevue productions and was released on october 18. He is armed to the teeth, hunting for food and killing those who. He demonstrates uncanny survival and fighting skills, hunting wildlife and defeating a group of marauders. Protagonist of the novel, deemed mother natures son and the good by his aunt nell, he is a nature loving boy who has a beech as his secret place. Eli refuses and the young solara is sent to change his mind. Jan 19, 2010 the plot of the book of eli is now a familiar script on the screen the end of the world and its few survivors. He puts eli up for the night and sends his blind, commonlaw wife, claudia jennifer beal, in to see that he is comfortable. This complex as it may sound is the plot to the book of eli, a notquitepostapocalyptic romp. At this point, he knows hes dying, but perhaps still wants the best for her. Carnegie orders redridge to shoot eli as he walks away, but redridge misses twice. Eli twist ending explained, new netflix horror movie. Denzel washington, mila kunis, gary oldman, malcolm mcdowell.
Read the the book of eli plot and find out who is in the cast and crew at. It is clear that eliezer is meant to serve, to a great extent, as author elie wiesels standin and representative. Eli has to feel the feet to see if there are boots on the skeleton. Book of eli manages to follow the basic plot of zardoz, while completely draining away all the meaning and coherence of the original. And when a character literally says near the end, if you knew the whole time, you could have just told me, i felt very seen. The history of the postwar world is explained along the way, as is the importance of elis task. The official facebook page for the book of eli some will kill to have it. The book of eli is a 2010 american postapocalyptic neowestern action film directed by the hughes brothers, written by gary whitta, and starring denzel washington, gary oldman, mila kunis, ray stevenson, and jennifer beals. Eli tells carnegie that he dreams of finding a town where the people need the book, but he tells carnegie that it is not here. In this unintended sequel to the road, which is also currently playing in theaters. This is counter to every human impulse for all of recorded history. Eli reads the book and solara asks eli to read it to him. Unlike the road, the book of eli does not linger on the bleak, morose and desolate dying earth. If you like the book of eli you are looking for futuristic, rough and serious movies about with apocalypse, survival, post apocalyptic, post apocalypse, chaos, warrior and dystopic future themes of action, adventure and drama genre shot in usa.
Book of eli, the i am legend dvd dbfe bundle and save. There is an aura of calm and assurance about this outsider that intrigues carnegie. The filmmakers just tried to get too deep with something that was not fully developed. Elis mother was unable to conceive a child, so she prayed to satan in order to get pregnant. After a catastrophe has wiped out most of the earths population and left ruin and desolation behind, the remaining humans are victimized by roaming motorcycle gangs of hijackers and thieves.
Carnegie has a mother and daughter, claudia and solara in his entourage, claudia was blind from birth, but solara is sighted. It grips your attention, and then at the end throws in several wtf. Remember, he had a crush on her the whole movie blocking her while she was getting eli s canteen filled, bargaining with carnegie for her before chasing after them, even asking eli nicely to give up the book after the gunfight in the house. The girl sees elis book, and when carnegie finds out he beats her mother until she reveals what she saw.
This post contains major spoilers for the netflix film eli. The story revolves around eli, a nomad in a postapocalyptic world, who is told by a voice to deliver his copy of a mysterious book to a safe location on the west coast of the united states. Once he has the book he leaves to go back to town with solara in tow in which she causes issues. Book of eli 2 2021 rumors, plot, cast, and release date. The book of eli 2010 directed by albert hughes, allen. Eli denzel washington is carrying a book that will save humanity and give people something to believe in.
Here are all the spoilers for eli, in case you want to know the plot twist before you watch it. Carnegie sends his gang into the wasteland to take the book from eli, but the man proves to be a formidable. The book of eli is just one hot mess with choppy biblical undertones. The plot is the story line what is happening, who is involved, when, why, and where. The gospel according to the book of eli popmatters. As for the plot, it is still being worked out amongst a few of the people involved but you can expect that it will feature her going from san francisco to new york to deliver some of the special news and information that they had gathered. A lone warrior denzel washington wanders the postapocalyptic desert that was once america, battling lawlessness to realize his hope of a better future. He recites a bit of it and then puts the book away. Where the road is a thoughtful art film based on a pulitzer prizewinning novel, eli is more of a popcorn action flick influenced by the visual style.
Mar 12, 2010 a little presentation of the book of eli a 2010 american postapocalyptic action film directed by the hughes brothers, written by gary whitta, and starring denzel washington, gary oldman. Oct 18, 2019 the end of eli subverts the majority of eli, making it kind of like a cheap game. Although night is not necessarily a memoir, this sparknote often refers to it as one, since the works mixture of testimony, deposition, and emotional truthtelling renders it similar to works in the memoir genre. In my opinion this is far from the biggest plot hole in the book of eli. The devil promised it would be totally chill to give birth to the spawn of satan, but as rose notes. Book of eli caps wasteland saga with a twist wired.
Im at a loss for words, so let me say these right away. Its certainly uneven, and many viewers will find that its reach exceeds its grasp, but the book of eli finds the hughes brothers injecting some fresh stylish. He is armed to the teeth, hunting for food and killing those who threaten his life. They make everything in the entire movie impossible and incomprehensible but, hey, wtf. Jan 15, 2010 the book of eli continues hollywoods obsession with postapocalyptic tales, and in many ways feels like it belongs in the same world as the road with its ashladen wastelands and crazed cannibals. The girl sees eli s book, and when carnegie finds out he beats her mother until she reveals what she saw. Eli wears dark sunglasses, as blind people often do. Its no secret that the book of eli is overbearing in its religious sentiment and ironically reliant on capitalist ideology denzel washington and gary oldmans love of the book rather than the religion, tom waitss pawn shop bartering. It makes him wonder if perhaps eli might possess the book. Denzel washington in the book of eli 2010 denzel washington at an event for the book of eli 2010 denzel washington in the book of eli. Jan 11, 2010 though in the vein of recent films like 2012, a blockbuster about the end of the world as predicted by the mayan calendar, evangelical movie buffs are touting the book of eli as a rare major studio release where the protagonist is unabashedly a christian.
The plot of the book of eli is now a familiar script on the screenthe end of the world and its few survivors. If the book of eli had more eli handtohand combat scenes and a cleaner plot illogical moments abound, it would be more than a what if movie. Eli escapes and solara follows him, carnegie chases them to the house with the old cannibals. Eli bumps the car door with his bag to gauge exactly where it is. The book of eli this essay contains realistic related to the bible. It is not the plot of the report, but the plot of the book. His father is a vietnam veteran who suffers from post traumatic stress disorder. Thirty years after a nuclear apocalypse, eli travels on foot across the wasteland of the former united states.
Eli does not notice the car with the skeleton until he hears the sound of rattling metal. Eli on netflix is the latest horror movie with a twist ending. The world in book of eli while barren and hot, is also filled with brutal killers and savages, but there always appears to be a light at the end of the tunnel. I do not recall how this affected his life when he returned. Eli leaves and kills a bunch of carnegies men in a shoot out. Oct 18, 2019 eli on netflix is the latest horror movie with a twist ending. Plot summary for the book of eli 2010, plus mistakes, quotes, trivia and more. I really connected with eli in this book mainly because i was about eli s age in 1976.
He lives in a big plastic tent and when he does go out he wears a blue hazmat suit lest. Plot thirty years after a nuclear apocalypse, eli travels on foot across the wasteland of the former united states. Just the idea that every bible in the world has been destroyed is beyond comprehension. A little presentation of the book of eli a 2010 american postapocalyptic action film directed by the hughes brothers, written by gary whitta, and starring denzel washington, gary oldman. Book of eli caps wasteland saga with a twist the book of eli starts out with 10 minutes of dialoguefree imagery depicting the type of postapocalyptic wasteland made familiar in recent. Spoilers every clue in the book of eli that explains the. In the nottoodistant future, across the wasteland of what once was america, a lone warrior washington must fight to bring civilization the knowledge that could be the key to its redemption and save the future of humanity.
Eli is a quick hand with knives, pistols, rifles, shotguns and karate. It tells the story of a mans faith as he honors the almighty god in his life and follows gods will no matter how challenging the life became. The end of eli is a wild ride, so in case you were a bit thrown off, here is a brief explanation of the films ending and a few answers to the films more confusing plot points. Supposedly after an apocalypse everyone rejected religion and destroyed all the bibles. Jan 19, 2010 the gospel according to the book of eli.