An entertaining mess that mixes Egyptian Gods and human beings in which the supreme God Ra: Geoffrey Rush has divided Egypt in two parts, the wealthy, prosperous region of River Nile governed by his son Osiris: Bryan Brown and the barren desert run by his another son Set, the relentless God of Darkness: Gerard Butler. But Set wants to take over Egypt's throne plunging the quiet kingdom into destruction, chaos and conflict. As during a spectacular coronation, Set kills his brother Osoris, then Horus: Nikolaj Costner Waldau, son of Osiris and Isis, escapes. Horus who blinded by his uncle is hidden and useless to carry out a merciless vengeance. Then Horus -The Falcon God- is unexpectedly helped by a young human named Bek: Brenton Thwaites who makes a deal with him to save his sweetheart Zaya: Courtney Eaton, who was taken captive, as she encounters in the infraworld to be judged by the death Gods. All of Heaven is at War. All of Creation is at stake. The Journey of a Lifetime begins. The most powerful force on Universe is about to be unleashed. The Battle for Eternity Begins.
A noisy and bombastic adventure with plenty of 3D computer generator special effects, mayhem, and total destruction. It is a cheesy fun in the Saturday Matinee tradition with abundant and overwhelming battles, noisy action and breathtaking fights. A loudy and crowdy epic movie about Egyptian Gods marred by its exccessive FX and lots of scenes with no much sense. Here shows up ordinary contrivances with giant Gods, impressive palaces that are destroyed by violent fights, witchery, bizarre beasts and enormous monsters. Main and support cast are pretty well. Along with newcomers actors as Brenton Thwaites, Courtney Eaton, Elodie Young, the recently deceased Chadwick Boseman, there appears veteran players as Gerard Butler, Geoffrey Rush, Bryan Brown, all of them are frankly well.
It displays a brilliant and sunny cinematography with full of color by Peter Menzies Jr. As well as a moving and rousing musical score by Marco Beltrani. The motion picture was professionally directed by Alex Proyas, though hindered by its overlong runtime and too much visual effects. Alex Proyas is a good filmmaker who has directed successful films such as: The Raven, Dark City, Garage Days, I Robot, Knowing, among others. Rating: 6/10. Worthwhile seeing.
