So I finally saw the movie, “The Book of Eli”, that was directed by the Hughes Brothers. It stars Denzel Washington as the leading hero and Gary Oldman as the film’s main villain. It tells a story of Eli, being the survivors of the Nuclear war that destroyed the United States. Survivors of the United States have nothing left on them. Eli’s only mission is to travel the West for whatever reason that was never revealed. Eli has weapons and fighting skill for survival, as to fight off enemies that gets in his way. Denzel plays a bit of a badass action hero dude but, his character Eli is on a serious note. Eli is a very religious man which keeps him going. Carnegie (Gary Oldman’s) character is obessed with a book that Eli has, so Carnegie and his gang goes after Eli for the book. The book is supposed to have some religious power that Carnegie wants, but that’s not what the book is used for. The book is really all about Eli.

While it was a very good movie, there is something about the film that is so haunting.

Since the United States in that film was destroyed by Nuclear war, think how something like that can happen in real life? What if some other country came over and decided to bomb us with nuclear weapons after all? I think other countries like Iran for starters did threaten us with Nuclear weapons many times. I know the “Book of Eli” is a fiction movie but if people don’t believe something like that can happen in real life, you need to look at how angry and pissed off other countries are at us. Bin Laden and Al Qaeda could do something like that to us, anytime. Bin Laden taken down the twin towers in NYC is evidence that they are about to take down the United States one day. A nuclear attack can happen. You just never know when.

That is one frightening thing about that movie, “The Book of Eli”, I watch the film and thinking to myself, “Oh man, that could be us someday”. Maybe that was the message that the Hughes Brothers were sending through the movie. It’s not just an action film. It’s obviously political too.

Do yourself a favor and check this movie out. I thought it was great. No complaints about it.

Kev