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Warner Bros., which released Edge of Darkness, surely hoped the Gibson movie would do the business of the studio's first 2010 hit, The Book of Eli, the postdoomsday Western starring Denzel Washington, 55. In its third week, Eli has earned nearly $75 million. Instead, Edge looks to approximate the mediocre gross of last year's State of Play, also based on a six-part BBC political thriller, and also starring an Oscar winner (Russell Crowe) in need of a hit. Tip to Hollywood remakers who try synopsizing the madly complex plot of an acclaimed British mini: at least change...
...Brett Favre." Warner started throwing atrocious interceptions, developed a chronic fumbling problem, suffered a bad concussion. Warner was already in his early 30s, that's octogenarian in quarterback years. The Rams dumped him; he signed with the New York Giants in 2004, only to be replaced by rookie Eli Manning midway through the season. The guy was toast. (See the trouble with football...
...Then, next to the railroad tracks, he spots the location where the "selection" process took place. This was where Nazi officers separated those deemed able to work from the other new arrivals, most of whom were immediately taken to the gas chambers. Israel, then 17, and his two brothers, Eli and Aaron, last saw their parents here. Within weeks, Israel's brothers would also be dead...
...Told Him ToThat moment lends Eli the aura of a divinity. Is he God, making a personal inspection of what humanity has done to his earth? Could be: Eli is the Semitic word for a supreme being. He says that after the big flash, a voice told him to take the Bible and go West, so he might be Brigham Young leading the Mormons to Utah, or any number of cult leaders who found acolytes in California. Eli could also be a jihadist, using a holy book as his moral cue to annihilate the infidels. He acknowledges that the Bible...
...these theological metaphors make the movie a potential magnet for Evangelical Christians - the first violent, R-rated Passion play since Mel Gibson's in 2004. Gibson had his own action franchises: the Mad Max and Lethal Weapon films. The Book of Eli needn't be that. It's fine as it is: a smart drama that marks a welcome return for the Hughes brothers while indelibly establishing the image of Denzel Washington as one tough, sanctified dude...