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  • Religion and violence collide in ‘The Book of Eli’

    03/26/2010 5:24:08 AM PDT · by Cronos · 12 replies · 547+ views
    MB.com ^ | March 19, 2010, 3:55pm | ROWENA JOY A. SANCHEZ
    Hollywood continues its fascination with anything apocalyptic as evidenced in “The Book of Eli.”Brought to the screen by the same tandem who delivered the Jack the Ripper murders movie “From Hell”—brothers Allen and Albert Hughes—the Denzel Washington starrer is “I Am Legend” (2007) meets “The Road” (2009), with a religious, spiritual twist. First few minutes into the film and viewers will quickly see similarities with Will Smith’s blockbuster hit, including the wide angle view of an abandoned city—with barren cars, desiccated roads… all rendered in light sepia.And like Robert Neville, Eli (Denzel’s name in the movie, which is not mentioned...