There are two post-apocalyptic flicks coming out in the next few months that take a different approach to surviving the Apocalypse. This is the first.
Mankind is in need of saving. This time it's Denzel Washington to the rescue. Well, him and a book called, The Book of Eli. Written on this book are pages of information that are blueprints for saving the world. But what exactly is written on these pages that everybody is willing to kill to have? Only Eli (Washington) knows.
The film is directed by the Hughes Brothers (Menace II Society and From Hell), so it's most likely there will be gore and much violence. With their straight-shooting style, it is interesting how they'll tackle a Sci-Fi Thriller movie that has an obvious parallel story to that of Moses and Elijah The Prophet (man with a book that contains written words to saving mankind).
But then again, Allen and Albert Hughes do manage to make controversial but great films that aren't easily forgotten and aren't always the same type of film they have directed before.
EARLY VERDICT: See It!
In a more probable cause and effect of an Apocalyptic disaster, The Road (adapted from the same titled Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Cormac McCarthy) circles around the dangerous but enlightening journey of an ill-equipped and supplied father and his son across America.
In this heart-wrenching but adventurous trip for warmer climate to southern United States, the father (played by Viggo Mortensen) must protect his son (Kodi Smit-McPhee), armed with a pistol loaded with only two bullets, against the cannibals that stalks what's left of the country and the gradually increasing cold weather while keeping himself together due to an illness he sustained in the beginning and his wife's suicide.
I'm leaning towards watching The Road more than The Book of Eli solely for the reason of seeing enough of these types of movies that are similar to the Denzel Washington film. It's time to see it from a different perspective. Seeing a film based on a book that won the Pulitzer Prize shouldn't be a bad decision at all.
So, there you have it folks. Two movies set in the same scenario but from totally different vantage point. Which one will you see? Which one do you think will be better?
EARLY VERDICT: Must See It!
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