not that Book of Eli (Genesis Code to call him just can not do that ... but the translators have in my head?) Is a bad movie. Maybe a little '. The problem as always is in intent: to make an action movie background Fallout (ultraviolence attached) or do a sermon on post-atomic background?
If the first few minutes thanks to the fascinating scenery (sometimes plastic but nevertheless inspired) and Denzel Washington in good shape, the rest of the course shows you do not know which side to take. The Catholic moral wavers between being aware that the Book object of many disputes is actually a powerful weapon and the will to pass it so tenaciously defended by the protagonist. The dialogues are a bit 'up and down, including some gorgeous monologue by Gary Oldman and other boorish total trade (especially between Eli and co-star). The final scene is shot, striking and might work if it were not for a timing completely wrong to frustrate the ends of surprise. Even the fighting, in all their "stylish" end to be fake and not very credible. The film does however look to the end without getting bored, and not cheap. On the other hand leaves dissatisfied, at the mercy of a conclusion that solves nothing and everything, with the book in the hands of a group whose only mentioned "good intentions" are not sufficiently explained, nor even introduced a posteriori.
Nine years by the excellent "The true story of Jack the Ripper" the Hughes Brothers reappear a little 'foggy, unable to get the most out of the cast and shooting action scenes convincing. A sin with the available material, good cast and some ideas a little 'clearer you could do much better.
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