Denzel Washington starring in "The Book of Eli".

There are many words I could use to describe The Book of Eli: Amazing. Breath-taking. Jaw-dropping. Magnificent. Stunning. Revolutionary. Ultimately I could only bring myself to agree with Jake Hamilton of Fox when he depicted the movie as “An awe inspiring-epic”.

The plot is based out of a post-apocalyptic world where the country’s food and clean water supply is scarce. There are a few towns run by small warlords while the rest of the country is infested with killers and high-jackers. Eli, the main character, is a middle aged man who has been traveling westward for thirty years in search of a town upon which he can bestow his wisdom.

Eli at one point preaches the fact that there is a voice within him that is guiding him and that he is bound by fate to carry the burden of a sacred book. This book just so happens to be the King James Version of the Bible. To protect this book Eli engages is several gun-fights and a series of brawls where he smites his attackers with a deadly sharp blade. In the end the antagonist finally steals the book from Eli, but it does not matter because Eli had read the book every night for thirty years and had memorized all of it.

In the end of the movie the viewer figures out that the Bible is written in Braille – Eli is blind, and the book is his vision. This put an amazing spin on things. It enhances the theme that religion plays a major role in life. I still can’t believe how amazing the ending was emphasizing that this blind man stayed alive for thirty years, faced many perilous dangers and adversities, and managed to reach his final destination.