Eli (Denzel Washington) has been on a journey west for over thirty years after a nuclear war had broke out which made a hole in the ozone layer that let the sun shine bright and turn the earth into a retched wasteland. The barron roads belong to gangs, who use items that were once normal in the past world (shampoo, shoes, ipods) to buy and barter for things such as water and food. Eli who is a peaceful man and will only become a harsh warrior when provoked and acting in self defense. After the "big flash" Eli is guided by a higher power through a book, given the task to take the book west and protect it with his life. Along the way an evil man named Carnagie (Gary Oldman) finds out Eli has the last Bible on earth and wants it so he can use the teachings of God to become the all mighty ruler of earth. Eli is on the run with a girl Solara (Mila Kuniz) to get the holy book west before Carnagie and his men can track him down and catch him. The story is fresh when it comes to falling into the whole post war destruction genre. Denzel and Kuniz are both putting up top notch performances. Kuniz herself is really blossoming into a fine young actress. The feel to the movie is there, you truly get the sense that this is what the world would be like after nuclear warfare happened. The visuals are great which really set up the mood of the movie. Just the environments themselves are a character in the film with the dust, broken down houses, crude towns, and the feeling is like the earth had been pushed back a couple hundred years in time. Of course i must mention the terrific twist at the end that all comes together and make sense, even though it is a little over the top. The action scenes were done quite well for Denzel not being known for hand to hand combat. The extremly loud high pitched sound effects got old but the rest of the movie did not. I say see The Book of Eli