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Exodus: Gods and Kings

  • 2014
  • PG-13
  • 2h 30m
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Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)
The defiant leader Moses rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses, setting 600,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues.
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The defiant leader Moses rises up against Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses II, setting six hundred thousand slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plag... Read allThe defiant leader Moses rises up against Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses II, setting six hundred thousand slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues.The defiant leader Moses rises up against Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses II, setting six hundred thousand slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues.

  • Director
    • Ridley Scott
  • Writers
    • Adam Cooper
    • Bill Collage
    • Jeffrey Caine
  • Stars
    • Christian Bale
    • Joel Edgerton
    • Ben Kingsley
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.0/10
    173K
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    POPULARITY
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    • Director
      • Ridley Scott
    • Writers
      • Adam Cooper
      • Bill Collage
      • Jeffrey Caine
    • Stars
      • Christian Bale
      • Joel Edgerton
      • Ben Kingsley
    • 788User reviews
    • 334Critic reviews
    • 52Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 5 nominations

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    Christian Bale and Ben Kingsley in Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)
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    Christian Bale
    Christian Bale
    • Moses
    Joel Edgerton
    Joel Edgerton
    • Ramses
    Ben Kingsley
    Ben Kingsley
    • Nun
    Sigourney Weaver
    Sigourney Weaver
    • Tuya
    John Turturro
    John Turturro
    • Seti
    Aaron Paul
    Aaron Paul
    • Joshua
    Ben Mendelsohn
    Ben Mendelsohn
    • Viceroy Hegep
    María Valverde
    María Valverde
    • Zipporah
    Isaac Andrews
    Isaac Andrews
    • Malak
    Hiam Abbass
    Hiam Abbass
    • Bithia
    Indira Varma
    Indira Varma
    • High Priestess
    Ewen Bremner
    Ewen Bremner
    • Expert
    Golshifteh Farahani
    Golshifteh Farahani
    • Nefertari
    Ghassan Massoud
    Ghassan Massoud
    • Ramses' Grand Vizier
    Tara Fitzgerald
    Tara Fitzgerald
    • Miriam
    Dar Salim
    Dar Salim
    • Commander Khyan
    Andrew Tarbet
    Andrew Tarbet
    • Aaron
    Ken Bones
    Ken Bones
    • Ramses' Scribe
    • Director
      • Ridley Scott
    • Writers
      • Adam Cooper
      • Bill Collage
      • Jeffrey Caine
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    • Trivia
      In an interview for Access Hollywood (1996), director Ridley Scott claimed there was a "final" cut of this movie that was four hours.
    • Goofs
      In several scenes, Ramses is depicted in bed with many luxurious pillows. Ancient Egyptians did not use pillows, instead they used elaborately carved wooden headrests to sleep on.
    • Quotes

      [from trailer]

      Rhamses: You say that you didn't... cause all this. You say this is not your fault. So let's just see who's more effective at killing: You or me.

    • Crazy credits
      For my brother, Tony Scott
    • Connections
      Featured in The Comfort Zone: Christian Bale's "Exodus" Movie (2014)

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    5/10
    Exodus: Effects and Lack of Emotion
    It's not any one thing especially that is particularly so wrong with Exodus: Gods and Kings, but an overall gloom and doom that befalls the film, the deadly serious tone, that keeps it from reaching to a higher plain of epic-filmmaking existence. Scott takes this tale SO seriously, indeed, that he has things like a stern-faced child as the voice of the "I Am". Which is fine, except that there is nary a moment of any kind of other emotion from this child actor throughout than of whining. At least when Scorsese had a child as a 'God'-like being in Last Temptation of Christ it was for a shorter period of time, and for a more specific purpose. If there was a point to be made about this child as a "God" - perhaps as his way of criticizing religion as the God of the Old Testament being a brutal eight year-old - it could have had an impact... if the rest of the film around it wasn't so thuddeningly dull.

    Why is this so dull? When you have this much money at your disposal, you got to try to make as much of a HUMAN connection, to make the drama really stand out (this was something another filmmaker in 2014, Aronofsky with Noah, actually understood and really made palpable and intense amid the spectacle). Or, go the other way into broad and campy material. Scott is just there to shoot a lot of this much the way he did Gladiator, Kingdom of Heaven and Robin Hood - in other words, substitute out the pyramids with colisseums, or castles, or other things, and you'd have similar hyper-kinetic action (sometimes but not always too fast) and actors who are well-trained and versed and there to do the work, but not much more.

    Actually, those other films, even Robin Hood, would be preferable to sit through again than Exodus. There's just no joy or excitement to the filmmaking; the closest part where it really gets engaging and exciting and full of 'Wow' material are the plagues. Those work well, just as eye-candy. People in the cast like Christian Bale and Joel Edgerton, as Moses and Ramses respectively, are giving it their all - or as much as the script is asking them too, which is pretty similar relatively scene to scene (Ramses rarely is anything other than a "God"-type d***head). But other actors are completely wasted amid the scenery and effects: Sigourney Weaver, Aaron Paul, Ben Kingsley, they're only there to look on with awe and "huh" moments, or deliver exposition glumly. Ewen Bremmer, of all actors, as the sort of court-jester-summarizer of the plagues steals the show far as supporting players go.

    It's all just flat, monotonous story-telling, and for all of those moments - that mid-section with the plagues - that are visually striking and cool-looking, there's still not much investment with the characters. We know how this will play out, but what do Scott and his screenwriters do to add anything extra aside from that been-there-done-that "lived-in" dirty quality? Uh... extra violence (albeit just up to the line of R-rated)? An opening battle? For all of the intensity of the two main actors, and the tremendous special effects, it's practically wasted on a story that is 90 minutes shorter than DeMille's 1956 Ten Commandments, feels long and sluggishly paced - this despite the fact that certain other characters who could add some human dimension (like Moses' wife) are underdeveloped and under-utilized. Just put the actor there, prop-like, shoot, go on with the next scene.

    Where's a good 'Golden Calf' sequence when you really need one?
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    • Apr 27, 2015

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 12, 2014 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • Spain
      • United States
    • Official sites
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Exodus
    • Filming locations
      • Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain(Exodus)
    • Production companies
      • Chernin Entertainment
      • Scott Free Productions
      • Babieka
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $140,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $65,014,513
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $24,115,934
      • Dec 14, 2014
    • Gross worldwide
      • $268,175,631
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Atmos
      • Dolby Surround 7.1
      • Datasat
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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