Gods of Egypt
for fantasy violence and action, and some sexuality.
Reviewed by: Pamela Karpelenia
CONTRIBUTOR
| Moral Rating: | Very Offensive |
| Moviemaking Quality: |
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| Primary Audience: | Adults Teens |
| Genre: | Action Adventure Fantasy 3D |
| Length: | 2 hr. 7 min. |
| Year of Release: | 2016 |
| USA Release: |
February 26, 2016 (wide—3,000+ theaters) DVD: May 31, 2016 |
ancient Egypt in the Bible
This film’s story is based on the Egyptian myth “The Contendings of Horus and Set,” in which the mythological Egyptian gods Set and Horus battle for the rule of Egypt.
god of darkness
afterlife—eternal life or eternal death
FALSE GODS of Egpt—Horus (falcon) / Osiris (god of the afterlife, transition, resurrection, and regeneration) / Set (jackal / god of the desert, storms, war, violence) / Hathor (cows / goddess of love, sky, beauty) / Thoth (ibis / god of knowledge) / Apep, also called Apophis (giant serpent / chaos, opponent of light and truth)
anachronism of depicting gods of Egypt who have interest in Christian-like concepts of forgiveness and humility
Director Alex Proyas said, “…the world of ‘Gods of Egypt’ never really existed. It is inspired by Egyptian mythology, but it makes no attempt at historical accuracy because that would be pointless—none of the events in the movie ever really happened. It is about as reality-based as Star Wars—which is not real at all …Maybe one day if I get to make further chapters I will reveal the context of the when and where of the story. But one thing is for sure—it is not set in Ancient Egypt at all.” [Don Groves, “‘The Gods of Egypt’: Alex Proyas Grapples with a Size Issue in Fantasy Adventure.” Forbes (December 15, 2015).]
hero / self-sacrifice / courage / bravery
thieves in the Bible: theft, robbery, the two thieves
| Featuring |
Gerard Butler … Set Nikolaj Coster-Waldau … Horus Abbey Lee … Anat Courtney Eaton … Zaya Brenton Thwaites … Bek Rufus Sewell … Urshu Geoffrey Rush … Ra Elodie Yung … Hathor Chadwick Boseman … Thoth Bryan Brown … Osiris See all » |
| Director | Alex Proyas — “I, Robot,” “Knowing,” “Dark City” (1998) |
| Producer |
Pyramania Summit Entertainment See all » |
| Distributor |
“Gods of Egypt” opens with the narration retelling the Egyptian creation story. We are introduced to the character Horus (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), god of the air. He is preparing for a ceremony that will make him the god of all Egypt. The ceremony comes to an abrupt ending when Horus’ uncle Set (Gerard Butler) challenges him for the throne. Set defeats him and removes his eyes. Bek, a common thief, longs to be with the woman he loves, who was killed by villain. He will embark on a journey to find Horus and get him to defeat Set, so he can be with the girl in the afterlife.
This movie is awful. From the gratuitous use of CGI, and the nonexistent plot and “D” grade acting; the film is a disaster. I am a fan of Gerard Butler, and I was looking forward to seeing this film. However, the acting is lazy, and the writing is almost childlike. It cannot be taken seriously.
There is a lot of violence and sexual innuendo, men shown bare-chested and women scantily clad. There are a few instances of foul language.
The movie focuses on pagan Egyptian religious structure—with multiple gods who are selfish, unloving and uncaring. They age, they die, and they lie. This is fundamentally unbiblical. The is one God, the triune God head—Father, Son and Holy Spirit. He created Earth in 6 days and sent the Son for you as propitiation of sins.
I cannot recommend this film. It was poorly made, cartoonishly presented and anti-biblical.
Violence: Heavy to extreme / Profanity: Mild—s-word (1), a** (1) / Sex/Nudity: Heavy
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Moral rating: Good / Moviemaking quality: 3½
Moral rating: none / Moviemaking quality: 3
Horus’s requirements for the afterlife, which is being a good person and doing enough good works, runs at odds with the Bible in Romans 3:20, Isaiah 64:6, and Galatians 3:11.See all »
Moral rating: Very Offensive / Moviemaking quality: 1½
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My Ratings: Moral rating: Extremely Offensive / Moviemaking quality: ½