Factual error: The type of book that Eli is protecting would actually be just a fragment. The complete Bible, in braille, occupies as many as 18 volumes.
The Book of Eli (2010)
Plot summary
Directed by: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes
Starring: Gary Oldman, Denzel Washington, Mila Kunis, Ray Stevenson
Something happened 30ish years ago that wiped out civilization.
Eli is lead by faith to carry the last copy of the bible through the wasteland, to an unknown destination in the west. He kills anyone who tries to stop him. He walks into a town controlled by Carnegie. Carnegie hires thugs to look for the bible and wants to hire Eli. Eli refuses and the young Solara is sent to change his mind. Eli leaves and kills a bunch of Carnegie's men in a shoot out. Solara follows Eli and Carnegie chases after them. After a shootout at a house in the middle of nowhere, Solara and the book are captured and Eli is wounded. Solara escapes and goes back for Eli. The two continue to Alcatraz island where things from the old civilization are preserved.
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Eli: In all these years I've been carrying it and reading it every day, I got so caught up in keeping it safe that I forgot to live by what I learned from it.
Trivia: When Eli and Solara are in his room for the night there is a movie poster on the wall behind them for a similar post apocalyptic movie. "A Boy and His Dog". In Eli the survivors protect themselves from the sun's rays and in "A Boy and His Dog" they flee underground to hide from the sun.
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Answer: Most likely, Redridge is giving Solara a chance to escape Carnegie's regime. At this point, he knows he's dying, but perhaps still wants the best for her. Remember, he had a crush on her the whole movie (blocking her while she was getting Eli's canteen filled, bargaining with Carnegie for her before chasing after them, even asking Eli nicely to give up the book after the gunfight in the house). I think it may also have been used as a self-redemption moment for one of the bad guys.
Jason Sieberg