The Book of Eli (2010)

The Book of Eli rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb6.8/10· 361K votes

Rotten Tomatoes46%

Metacritic53%

TMDb6.8/10· 7K votes

With 46% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.8/10 on IMDb and 53/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been modest.

About The Book of Eli

A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind.

Cast of The Book of Eli

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  Denzel Washington

  as Eli

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  Gary Oldman

  as Carnegie

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  Mila Kunis

  as Solara

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  Ray Stevenson

  as Redridge

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  Jennifer Beals

  as Claudia

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  Michael Gambon

  as George

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  Tom Waits

  as Engineer

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  Frances de la Tour

  as Martha

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  Evan Jones

  as Martz

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  Joe Pingue

  as Hoyt

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  Chris Browning

  as Highjacker Leader

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  Richard Cetrone

  as Hijacker

The Book of Eli facts

Budget

$80M

Box office

$157.1M

Our take on The Book of Eli

Albert Hughes co-directs this 2010 post-apocalyptic thriller about a solitary traveler making his way across a ruined America to safeguard a sacred book said to hold the key to humanity's survival. It blends action, thriller tension and science-fiction bleakness into a lean survival journey through dust and lawlessness, where faith and force constantly collide. The tone is spare and meditative between bursts of violence, so it suits viewers who like their end-of-the-world tales quiet, moral and stylized rather than frantic. If you enjoy a stripped-down hero on a mission with a spiritual undercurrent, this delivers, and its restraint sets it apart from noisier apocalypse fare.