Gods of Egypt English Movie

This movie is perhaps the best example of how expensive special effects are pointless when the story is laughable. And an example of why you should be careful of the next Gerard Butler muscle fest. Feb 25, 2016 By Manisha Lakhe

What do you do when the movie begins by telling you how the giant sized Gods lived among men and they had gold running through their veins which spilled when they fought each other by changing forms.

So a young thief takes his girl to the crowning of the lazy prince Horus (Jamie Lannister from Game Of Thrones), and the wicked brother from the desert Set (Gerard Butler, playing himself, really) shows up and kills the king of the Gods Osiris (is he wearing glasses?) and blinds Horus, and basically creates chaos. The thief's girlfriend is taken away and enslaved by Set's architect.

The thief rescues her from the architect Urshu (Obergruppenfuhrer John Smith from Man In The High Castle) but Urshu kills her with an arrow. The thief now has to seek Horus' help to get her back...Horus has his own reasons to help the thief Bek.

The adventure across desert and swamps and back to the city then begin to feel like you're suddenly in a video game. You cross one 'nature set', perform one task, and then you earn a skill/ win a sword that will help/you then go to the next level.

At every level, the Giant God and the Puny Mortal win things. Visiting Ra gives them the celestial waters. Visiting Toth earns them his company. Going to the Sand Pyramid makes them lose the waters, but earn the love of the Goddess of Love. The goddess has a bracelet that will help Bek go to the road taken by the dead towards the afterlife...

Set is the guy to defeat, and Horus will defeat him...It's a predictable story. It's so awful and predictable, you know Set is going to kill his own dad. You just have to wait it out.

Full marks go to the special effects team. But that does not make this into a film worth multiplex ticket money, What with Oscar contenders being screened at the same time. And a special word on Gerard Butler: He just gets worse and worse with every movie. And in this one, he is a gigantic pain in Egypt's backside and ours.