Another View From The Apocalypse

It's a post-apocalyptic world inhabited by small, desperate settlements of (wherever one could find them)crazy, fucked up humans.
Books are rare, having all been burned in the apocalyptic aftermath where few people could read anyway, and those that can are survivors of the older generation, before the war.

Into this setting we find The Walker, played by Denzel Washington, set on a direction 'west' with a prize possession in his pack: a Bible.
A possession much desired by a bad guy (Gary Oldman), who wants it for it's reputed power to inspire a population, although nobody seems to really understand what that power is beyond a few noble phrases since any real sense of any kind of religion, let alone Christianity, has been long lost.

So yeah, this has nothing at all to do with Christianity, in any way,shape or form. It's not a Christian film, nor is it based on a Christian theme.
(Just replace the Bible with "The Audacity Of Hope" or "Going Rogue" and you'd have the same damn movie.)

Not even The Walker is fully aware of what he has, only that he has been gifted with some really cool ninja skills, and led by a voice, reminding himself to 'stay on the path' and deliver his cargo to someplace he doesn't know and for what reason he doesn't understand.

The Book Of Eli kinda reminds of The Road Warrior in some respects, with elements of A Boy And His Dog thrown in. Probably purely accidental, as post-apocalypse movies all seem to share a background set and supporting casts: desert wasteland, ugly nomadic people who wear shades, violence...

Throw in thugs that dress like Nine Inch Nails, a Mila Kunis (sorry, no nudity here, either) and Denzel, who plays the only type of role he knows how (and does it very well) and you have something reasonably enjoyable and filled with graphic violence in exchange for your ten dollars.

Not good or great, but an average movie that slows down in a few spots but not so much that you lose track of what is going on.