The Book of Eli fingerprintHigh energy, strong craft, no humor.
Brutally violent and tense
Melancholic
Serious throughout
Faith and meaning
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout performances
Standout cinematography
Brutally violent and tense
The Book of Eli is brutally violent, tense, and thrilling.
Melancholic
Emotionally, it's melancholic.
Serious throughout
Expect almost no humor.
Faith and meaning
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Its world is built around faith and meaning. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout cinematography
Look and sound: the cinematography stand out.
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Some will kill to have it. He will kill to protect it.
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The Book of Eli is included with a subscription to YouTube TV in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on YouTube Free. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, and YouTube. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Opinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 59/100 (IMDb 6.8, Rotten Tomatoes 46%, and Metacritic 53). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated R in the United States. Content advisories: violence and disturbing imagery.
1 h 58 min
The Book of Eli runs 1 h 58 min.
Not quite. Audiences rate The Book of Eli higher (67) than critics (50). It's more of a crowd-pleaser than a critics' pick.
Roughly broke even. It cost about $80 million to make and earned $157 million worldwide, 2.0 times its budget.
It was made in English. Produced in United States.
+79GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for The Book of Eli in 93 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 119 storytelling tropes for The Book of Eli, including Gasoline Lasts Forever, No Bikes in the Apocalypse, Plot Hole.
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