Eli
Year: 2019
Genre: Horror
Studio: Bellevue Productions, Paramount Pictures, Paramount Players, Intrepid Pictures, MTV Films
Director: Ciarán Foy
Cast: Charlie Shotwell, Lili Taylor, Kelly Reilly, Max Martini, Sadie Sink, Deneen Tyler
Crew: Michael Applebaum ("B" Camera Operator), Eric Leach ("A" Camera Operator), David Chirchirillo (Story), Kellie Roy (Casting), Richard Graves (First Assistant Director), Michael Applebaum (Second Unit Director of Photography)
Runtime: 98 minutes
Release: Oct 18, 2019
IMDb: 5.99/10 by 1,423 users
Popularity: 4
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0

_Eli_ director Ciarán Foy is also the man behind 2012's _Citadel_, which I found to be drastically underappreciated. For that reason, I went into _Eli_ completely blind, expected to enjoy it of off of Foy's involvement alone. Ended up being pretty disappointed. The effects they use for the titular Eli's skin rashes appearing and disappearing are **great**, I was genuinely impressed, truly. But the quote-unquote "mysteries" of the movie ("Hm, this doesn't seem quite right, what's really going on here?") start very early on in the piece, and are drawn out for sooooo long, then only about half of those mysteries are answered in one single reveal, and even those ones are resolved in a way I was not at all satisfied by. _Final rating:★★ - Had some things that appeal to me, but a poor finished product._
I won't get the movie plot away but I will say this ... this movie is extremely interesting from start to finish. The cast is brilliant, the story was intriguing oh, and the ending maybe even smile and laugh a little but that might be just because I have a morbid sense of humor. It's definitely worth a watch.