[MrHenryDog]

In the not-too-distant future, some 30 years after the final war, a solitary man walks across the wasteland that was once America. Empty cities, broken highways, seared earth--all around him, the... In the not too distant future, a solitary man walks across the wasteland that was once America. With him he carries a book - and with that book, hope for the future. Eli (Denzel Washington) seeks only peace but, if challenged, will cut his attackers down before they realize their fatal mistake. Only one other man understands the power Eli holds, Carnegie (Gary Oldman), a self-appointed despot of a makeshift town of thieves and gunmen is determined to make the book his own, but nothing - and no one - will stand in Eli's way to fulfil his destiny and bring help to a ravaged humanity.