Year: 2010 Directed by: Albert and Allen Hughes
Distribution: 01 Distribution
arrives in theaters this "act of faith" from the title Genesis Code (much better than the original The Book of Eli), directed by Albert and Allan Hughes that a little 'surprise turns out to be a "western post-atomic ".
Eli wanders alone to the wastelands of America to survive a nuclear catastrophe. On his way the robbers eat other human beings in search of water. But he obstinately continued his journey westward, bringing with him a copy (the last) of the Holy Bible. When Eli reaches a small town, the despot finds out Carnegie's book and wants to possess to subdue humanity ...
The Hughes brothers have cut their teeth in music videos and short films, before coming to the cinema with the biopic The true story of Jack the Ripper starring Johnny Depp and Heather Graham. And to be honest the picture from the video clip is the first thing that catches the eye. The sets and costumes echo the '80s and appear to have come directly from the Wild Boys and We Do not Need Another Hero, respectively, of Duran Duran and Tina Turner. In the screenplay the other hand, the first part in the lone star - a big Denzel Washington - filmography typical "post-atomic" (think the recent " I Am Legend" and "The Road" or the evergreen "Mad Max" ) here is a bit 'too static and noiosetta. The character is idling and the journey to the west looks a little 'illogical (for example at one point Eli meets again the characters seen above: how is it possible, one wonders, if implemented consistently to the west?). 
Good interpretations. Denzel Washington takes the film by bringing in a neutral Fist of the North and Malcolm X (no joke), more homogeneous Gary Oldman, whose end is reminiscent of Scarface; convincing female protagonists Mila Kunis (a crash) and Jennifer Beals ( Flashdance). But as I said, biting wait to find the second half of the film, when The book of Eli reveals the true intentions of those wanting to be a western midway between Sam Peckinpah and Sergio Leone (with a musical tribute to Ennio Morricone whistle from one of the robbers in the pay of Carnegie). From that moment on the film, besides being cinematically more interesting (the magnificent shot to the scene of the siege to the house in the desert), also reveals its mystical nature. The message of faith who want to send. Albert and Allan Hughes signed a parable about hope. The mystery of the faith. Sull'incomprensibile becoming the universal message sent by God and open to all. To explain, the directors use a background (that of the future post-atomic) for a flexible nature any type of situation, and indeed in The Book of Eli is a bit 'of everything. This all things its only limitation is not necessarily a defect. Too laborious. You can bet on: will not be understood by anyone, or almost.
Diego Altobelli (2010)
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