Exodus: Gods and Kings

Name: Exodus: Gods and Kings
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Released: December 12, 2014
Duration: 150 min
Rating: 52
Cast: Ben Kingsley, Ben Mendelsohn, Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, Sigourney Weaver

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Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: December 12, 2014 | PG-13

Starring: Ben Kingsley, Ben Mendelsohn, Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, Sigourney Weaver

Summary: Moses (Christian Bale) rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses (Joel Edgerton), setting 400,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues. [20th Century Fox]

Director: Ridley Scott

Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Drama

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 150 min

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Richard Roeper

Dec 11, 2014

As a fictional, big-budget, 3-D, epic interpretation of Moses’ journey, Exodus: Gods and Kings is spectacular. Read full review

Chris Nashawaty

Dec 10, 2014

Is it possible to sit through a movie, mentally cataloging its absurdities, and still walk out dazzled? Because that pretty much sums up my experience watching Ridley Scott's eye-candy spectacle Exodus: Gods and Kings, an over-the-top Old Testament epic that's essentially Gladiator with God. Read full review

Michael Phillips

Dec 11, 2014

How you respond to the totality of Exodus: Gods and Kings will, I suspect, relate directly to how you responded to Ridley Scott's "Robin Hood" from 2010. Square, a little heavy on its feet, much of that film held me, even when its bigness trumped its goodness. Same with this one. Read full review

Claudia Puig

Dec 11, 2014

Swarms of flies, oozing pustules, alligator attacks and gaggles of frogs are vividly rendered in three dimensions in Exodus: Gods and Kings. And yet this biblical epic is still bland, overly long and otherwise forgettable. Read full review

Steven Rea

Dec 12, 2014

As for Bale, he seems to have lost his compass. His accent strays, his famous intensity wasted on clunky dialogue. Read full review

Alonso Duralde

Nov 29, 2014

This stodgy adaptation creaks with solemnity — not to mention reactionary casting choices — and apart from some nifty frog and locust infestations, even the special effects pale next to a wind-blown Charlton Heston parting the Red Sea. Read full review

Joe Neumaier

Dec 10, 2014

This eye-rollingly bad movie is silly, sluggish and miscast. Read full review

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SchroederRock

Dec 12, 2014

Usually I give fair reviews, but since people are tanking the scores because it doesn't follow a Biblical story properly, I'm giving it a 10. As a Christian, I want to spite all the other Christians that forget that Hollywood is Hollywood, and that Ridley Scott only does epic death and notUsually I give fair reviews, but since people are tanking the scores because it doesn't follow a Biblical story properly, I'm giving it a 10. As a Christian, I want to spite all the other Christians that forget that Hollywood is Hollywood, and that Ridley Scott only does epic death and not much else. The only surprise here is that Russell Crowe wasn't tapped for the lead role. I'm rooting for this movie to tear it up this season, if for no other reason than to piss off the close-minded r-tards that can't take a joke and forbid a little dancing. Cheers!… Expand

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LeZee

Apr 3, 2015

This is a well known story and I have also seen the '56 movie 'The Ten Commandments'. So in this film could not foresee the modification, but it did in a slight manner like the later 'Noah' movie. The best part was the visuals, the graphics were so good, hard to resist the pleasure if youThis is a well known story and I have also seen the '56 movie 'The Ten Commandments'. So in this film could not foresee the modification, but it did in a slight manner like the later 'Noah' movie. The best part was the visuals, the graphics were so good, hard to resist the pleasure if you are vfx geek like me. That's the reason I love modern movie, especially remake of a classic like 'King Kong'. The problem in this flick was lie in the story telling.

As we know, Ridley Scott is an excellent narrator, but this movie was too short even though it ran 150 minutes. I felt it was just a brief, I mean there were no details or depth in the important scenes. You will know what I'm saying if you had watched '56 movie I mentioned in a above paragraph. That's drawback for the first timers at a same time advantage for not to fall in boredom for those who have already seen other versions. Christian Bale, awesome; Joel Edgerton, good; Ben Kingsley, never required; Aaron Paul, totally waste.

Overall, not cleverly stablised in the scenes that are very important, especially the final one about ten commandments should have been extended a little bit with a moral message. If it was a Peter Jackson movie, definitely it would have been a trilogy with an aggregated time of over 500 minutes. This movie was an entertainer like I enjoyed it than the message deliverer. Must be watched for the amusement and for the pleasure in updating technical aspect of the narration rather than inspiration.

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epoc

Dec 12, 2014

Unlike many, I actually thought this movie was decent. At the time of this review the user review section was just littered with 1's and 2's, resulting in an incredibly low user score of 1.9! That's lower than the Star Wars prequels! Yeah that's messed up, and it's all probably butt hurtUnlike many, I actually thought this movie was decent. At the time of this review the user review section was just littered with 1's and 2's, resulting in an incredibly low user score of 1.9! That's lower than the Star Wars prequels! Yeah that's messed up, and it's all probably butt hurt Ridley Scott fan boys raging because of Prometheus. The first half of this film, for me was the best. We have these two very strong brother characters; Moses played by Christian Bale and Ramses played by Joel Edgerson. The brilliant aspect is that the two clearly have conflicting ideologies, yet still love and respect each other. It adds this additional tension to every scene the two share, as your constantly wondering if an argument will erupt, but you don't that to happen because the movie does such a good job of establishing their friendship. Helping this are great performances from both, fleshing them out and making them more believable. This especially the case for Moses, which is the best aspect of this film. He's this really good, wise man who you can really root for, yet isn't some paragon of virtue that will always do the right thing. For example, initially Moses doesn't want to unleash the plagues on Egypt, as he thinks he will take more lives than he will save, which is what any normal person would think. In addition to this, Ramses is also extremely believable. Even though he seems incredibly bratty and whiny, but by the end you can relate to him. He's a good person, but is fed up of things not being perfect for him, something we've all felt at some point. Despite this, the over all narrative is incredibly generic, and does absolutely nothing to make this classic tale original, and is full of under devolved and cliche characters (apart from Ramses and Moses). Ramses father, for example, is just a huge douche bag with no real explanation of why he's like this. Also we never connect to the people Moses is trying to save, making us care more about Moses safety more than him saving everyone else. But the most disappointing part of this movie comes when it reaches the half way mark. When your expecting all that tension to just come out in a beautifully done peace of emotional drama, it decides to rush through it. Basically, it comes down to, Ramses father banishes Moses, he dies, Ramses is now in charge and is douche. Why? We don't know! It just skips on and suddenly he's his dad! I was expecting a scene where the two argue and we see their friendship being torn apart through dialogue. Now the third act could have saved the movie. As mentioned before, Moses's dilemma is extremely compelling and is so interesting. Because of this though, it kind of makes God look like the villain here. He's brashly making this decision to potentially wipe out thousands and isn't even taking into account that he might wipe out his own people in process. But the plagues! Oh my god the plagues look amazing! One of the best parts of this film is just the grand scale of Egypt and how cool it looks. And when the plagues come down it just destroys everything and it looks awesome! Their vile and disgusting, yet look really realistic. If this where to happen in real life, this is how it would look. It mixes everything to amazing CGI to excellent audio to make an immersive experience. Unfortunately, the ending is a huge let down. The parting of the Red Sea is no where near as awe inspiring or grand as it should. Worsening the taste of this last morsel is the fact that the CGI takes a big turn around. The sea looked like a darker version of the Elder Scrolls Oblivion water! Did they run out of budget? And that's it! No ending, no finally face of between the two brothers, just done. In the end Exodus ends up being a let down, yet still a great emotional drama (at least in the first half) and an entertaining watch.… Expand

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quincytheodore

Dec 15, 2014

As boring as wandering in the desert for 40 years. Biblical epic is a double edge sword, its well-known tale might easily instill sense of marvel, but then again it is already well known. That means a movie with such original source not only needs to live up to the potential, it also has toAs boring as wandering in the desert for 40 years. Biblical epic is a double edge sword, its well-known tale might easily instill sense of marvel, but then again it is already well known. That means a movie with such original source not only needs to live up to the potential, it also has to produce a visualization of thousands years old scripture. Exodus: Gods and Kings does so little to said effects and frankly not enough to entertain, let alone awe the audience. Aside from the good visual and occasional short bursts of thrill, it's a long painstaking trudge through Moses' life.

The graphic is indeed great, it's one of the movies that did 3D right. Depth perception and setting are meticulously made, when they both work in tandem the scene is absolutely gorgeous. It does not, however, rely solely on CG. There's adequate atmosphere in play to create an organic ancient vista, dust and stone seem like everyday sight in the movie. This visual will grab interest, sadly for only first half an hour. Most of the movie's problem is the pacing. It's very slow and scenes play out stutteringly.

Editing is an issue as well, sometimes the movie pushes rather fast, but often dwell on the same matter. Motives and occurrences happen with thin reasoning, it is scripted by bible, but it could use much more explanation. Many times the story progresses merely by the willingness of the character to accept dubious development. It's never explained how Moses or Ramses come to decisions that will affect so many people, or how they convince them, for that matter. The movie is quite lengthy, but sadly it barely shows any vital interaction, and the characters are trapped in rigid single-minded behavior.

It tries to be relatable and display Moses' doubt, yet even this is lackluster. When someone is handpicked vaguely to be a prophet, one would imagine that said prophet would have intense discussion if given the opportunity, but here it feels like childish bickering. It never rises to the point of entertaining or inspiring like Ridley Scott did with Gladiator, not does it deliver some uplifting tone like Prince of Egypt. While breaking into song may be too cheesy, it at least possesses a joyous celebration.

Christian Bale does his best as Moses, but perhaps it's better for him to don a cape and start throwing batarang at Ramses.… Expand

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dyshpo

Mar 20, 2015

Overtly dragging and long in length but suffocating . The humanizing of a biblical villain ok long have they been marginalized like the enslaved people of Canaan. But why so dragging and unnecessary comedy of pharoses advisors downplays the dense heavy handed emotions of scenes. was MosesOvertly dragging and long in length but suffocating . The humanizing of a biblical villain ok long have they been marginalized like the enslaved people of Canaan. But why so dragging and unnecessary comedy of pharoses advisors downplays the dense heavy handed emotions of scenes. was Moses talking to god or just to belligerent **** angel I don't know never explained like most Ridley Scott films have dead end plot holes with multitude of contradictory explanations in films.… Expand

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

Studentofcinema

Dec 13, 2014

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. To rewrite the Bible is spiritually expensive. No hollywood budget can afford the wrath to pay leading folks to believe this is the story of Moses, because its not. I walked out as i watched moses chisel the tablets while some creepy little boy poured tea. Need i say more?… Expand

3 of 8 users found this helpful35

TinoTrivino

Jan 4, 2016

Its not the Story which is bad and not true according to the history, its just.. that they use actors, really well known actors, that the begining of the movie seems to be a comedy... common, really? what is that!!!
but what is also a bit freightend is the zionist undertone, and i sayIts not the Story which is bad and not true according to the history, its just.. that they use actors, really well known actors, that the begining of the movie seems to be a comedy... common, really? what is that!!!
but what is also a bit freightend is the zionist undertone, and i say zionist not jewish, complet different things for me.
Really Mister Scott, At least you could use actors which no one knows, and without british accent :p… Expand

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