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...Staff writer Max N. Brondfield can be reached at mbrondf@fas.harvard.edu...
...release on Dec. 18, James Cameron's Avatar has monopolized the top box-office spot like some gigantic truck that not only takes up two lanes but also drives everyone else off the highway. To stop a road hog, send out a road warrior: the one and only Mad Max, Mel Gibson, a bona fide movie icon playing a trademark haunted-hero role in Edge of Darkness, his first starring role since Signs...
...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...
...MAX N. BRONDFIELD...
...Staff writer Max N. Brondfield can be reached at mbrondf@fas.harvard.edu...