Book of Eli, The (2010, U.S.A.)

The near future. America is a vast, desolate wasteland. Once-majestic cities are now crumbling deathtraps, and the roads have become nightmarish, brigan-infested highways. Armed with only a shotgun, a samurai sword and his wits, ELI (Denzel Washington) has been travelling this world for years, defending himself from the violent gangs and scavengers competing for limited resources. Arriving in a ramshackle outpost somewhere in what used to be California, Eli finds trouble with an egotistical tyrant, CARNEGIE (Gary Oldman) who rules over his own and his people with an iron fist. Eli befriends the beautiful SOLARA (Mila Kunis), Carnegie’s stepdaugher, and learns of Carnegie’s plans to take control of the region using feat and brutality. Eli manages to escape the town and Carnegie’s clutches, but Solara follows him. Though he initially sends her away, Eli has a change of heart and goes back for Solara, narrowly rescuing her from a gang of hijackers on the unforgiving road.