Movie review for the day

Rico says some movies are even stranger than you anticipate, and The Book of Eli was certainly one:

In a violent post-apocalyptic society, a drifter, Eli (played by Denzel Washington; photo above and below, at left), has been wandering westward across North America for the last thirty years. He finds solace in a unique book which he carries on his person and guards closely, whilst surviving by hunting small animals and seeking goods in destroyed houses and vehicles to trade in villages for water and supplies. When he reaches a village ruled by the powerful mobster, Carnegie (played by Gary Oldman), the man views Eli's impressive fighting skills and offers Eli a place within his gang. Carnegie presses his blind lover Claudia (played by Jennifer Beals) to send her daughter, Solara (played by Mila Kunis; photo below, at right), to at least convince Eli to spend the night by sleeping with him. However, Eli proves the better man when he gently declines her advances. The girl sees Eli's book and, when Carnegie finds out, he beats her mother until she reveals what she saw. Carnegie sends his gang into the wasteland to take the book from Eli...

Rico says that the book, of course, turns out to be the only surviving copy of the King James version of the Bible, and everyone is convinced that it's a good thing... (Ignoring the line in the movie that it, meaning religion, was the cause of the Big Flash that destroyed everything.)