Cert 12A
127 mins
BBFC advice: Contains moderate fantasy violence
Gods Of Egypt takes us back in time in more ways than one.
For starters, the ethnic make-up of its cast evokes memories of Hollywood 50 years ago and has, understandably, caused a storm of criticism.
But that is not the only reason this historical fantasy is a giant shambles of a movie.
Gerard Butler tries to reprise his "Madness, This Is Sparta!" style of acting which he adopted with decent effect in 300.
But here it looks as hackneyed as a script which makes little use of a cast which boasts the likes of Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Bryan Brown, Geoffrey Rush, Brenton Thwaites and Elodie Yung,
Alex Proyas's Gods Of Egypt is a bland story wrapped around some mighty special effects.
Essentially, a banished God (Butler) returns home and snatches power after killing his father (Brown) and plucking out the eyes of his brother (Coster-Waldau).
As Butler's reign means terror and turmoil for all Egyptians, a sprightly human (Thwaites) and his love interest (Courtney Eaton) set off to give the blind brother his eyes back and help him claim the throne.
It's bonkers but who cares as long as giant Gods can turn into golden birds or dragons?
One of my former work colleagues is mad for Butler and insisted he has starred in some quality movies.
So, I challenged her to go through his list. She came up with PS I Love You.
As long as he has such a devoted and unquestioning fans he will be happy to take the pay cheque for nonsense such as this.
Reasons to watch: Its special effects
Reasons to avoid: its hackneyed dialogue and wooden delivery
Laughs: none
Jumps: none
Vomit: none
Nudity: none
Overall rating: 3/10
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