Directed by:
Alex ProyasCinematography:
Peter Menzies Jr.Composer:
Marco BeltramiCast:
Brenton Thwaites, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Gerard Butler, Elodie Yung, Abbey Lee, Courtney Eaton, Geoffrey Rush, Rufus Sewell, Chadwick Boseman, Emma Booth (more)VOD (6)
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The survival of mankind hangs in the balance as an exiled and vengeful god Horus (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) sets out on an epic adventure to overthrow a merciless and all-powerful tyrant (Gerard Butler) who has usurped Egypt’s throne plunging the once peaceful and prosperous empire into chaos and conflict. (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment)
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Do you like fantasy and do you like Egypt and all its mythology? Then definitely skip this film, because I haven't seen something this tragic in a long time. When a film feels infantile and awkward in the first five minutes, then something is wrong. I don't know what is worse, the terrible CGI mess or the wannabe seriousness of the film, but here, everything is wrong. Childish, boring, uninteresting and literally a mockery of the entire Egyptian history, until I wonder how the hell this is the work of the author of I, Robot, Dark City, The Crow and Knowing.
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How to commit commercial suicide. 1) Choose a theme that will be of interest to a few Igor Chauna fans, 2) have the screenplay written by the guys who ruined Dracula and let Vin Diesel hunt witches, 3) fill it with wooden actors and write absurd lines for those who are not wooden, and, just to make sure, dress them up in potato bags, 4) summon a director who dissolves the budget into a show of incredibly over-embellished digital sets where almost no camera movement feels natural. The rest will take care of itself. After an hour, I stopped having fun laughing at the hellish naivety, which had lost all of its charm. Even the parade of tanned busts and whitewashed Egyptian deities did not make it anymore merciful. The most absurd blockbuster of 2016, without a doubt.
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An opulent fantasy with great actors and unbelievable drive. The ultra-baddy Butler enjoys his every sentence and the catchphrase-spouting Thwaites/Coster-Waldau duo isn’t too bad either. Elodie Yung is damn hot and more than suitable as the goddess of love. Action like in a video game, but with some great ideas and the CGI environment (jungle/desert/underworld) changes so often that it doesn’t get boring. A nice surprise and I’d gladly watch it again. Proyas is good at fairytales too. P.S.: Grampa Rush is cool. I am not one God, I am all gods!
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If you still like to watch any episode of TV's Hercules or Xena now and then and enjoy the deliberately simple naivety and bickering of mortals and gods and goddesses who don't go far for a 21st century catchphrase, Gods of Egypt is for you. The film is nothing more than a relaxing fantasy, which fortunately is not take itself seriously. It's a pity that the film is not shorter and a bit more interestingly cast (all the actors are of course dominated by Geoffrey Rush as the god Re, who circles the flat Earth with his ark, dragging the Sun behind him).___P.S. Great music by Marco Beltrami!___P.P.S. I've seen the dubbed version and it's not terrible, except for Gerard Butler, who is voiced by Zdeněk Mahdal.
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When I went to the cinema to see Gods of Egypt, I was expecting a heroic audiovisual orgy with nothing to surprise me. And I wasn’t too far off the mark, as this film more or less fits the previous description. It's a truly colourful film, with a large number of imaginative elements that both help and hurt it. I rolled my eyes considerably during the scenes in which the gods are transported in chariots by birds and bugs, and the same was true of their Terminator-like appearance. On the other hand, I was probably most impressed by the line with Geoffrey Rush, who elevated the overall acting quality. A film to fill an evening, with which one of the most overused critical clichés can be applied: “It neither impresses nor offends.”
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