Summary: In a post-apocalyptic world, a mysterious man makes his way in the world and we see the changes that have occured. He visits a town and it's revealed that he is in possession of a book that's highly sought out by the villain of the movie.
Review: The movie had great potential, but it tries to do too much and ends up being a terrible production. It was mysterious, but nothing of value is revealed as the movie progresses. The only positives are probably the strong performances of Denzel Washington as the lead male, and Jennifer Beals played a blind concubine to perfection. (It should be interesting to see how good she'll be in The Chicago Code which premiered this Monday.) Mila Kunis was in the movie as well, but I have to say that despite her looking gorgeous and transitioning from a tv show to movies, I have yet to see her actually "act." She's simply a good looking girl in every role, but that's probably her description, to look hot. She was not very good in her role. The storyline was intriguing at first, but I wish I never watched the movie.
Further Question/Philosophy/Theme: A lot of this movie is about faith and how it's blind. It's also assumed that the reason for the Apocalypse that was probably a nuclear winter was caused by overzealous religious folks.
Power Rating (Out of 5) and Comments: 1 This movie reminded me a lot of Babylon A.D., but that movie was simply done a lot better despite a lot of commonality. That movie didn't have Mila Kunis, but Melanie Thierry played a role similar to Kunis's role in this movie to a better performance. Vin Diesel and Denzel Washington both played the action hero convincingly and had some nice action sequences. This movie is a movie that I can't believe was released to theaters, but seemed like something that plays on an obscure cable station like SyFy on a Saturday night.
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