Exodus: Gods and Kings

"When men ruled as gods, one was chosen to change the world."

2014 2h 30m EN

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★5.9TMDB · 4,967

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Synopsis

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The defiant leader Moses rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses, setting 400,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues.

“When men ruled as gods, one was chosen to change the world.”

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Cast

Christian Bale
Moses
Joel Edgerton
Ramses II
Ben Kingsley
Nun
John Turturro
Sethos I
Aaron Paul
Joshua
Golshifteh Farahani
Nefertari
Ben Mendelsohn
Viceroy Hegep
Sigourney Weaver
Tuja

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Ridley Scott
Writers: Steven Zaillian, Bill Collage, Adam Cooper
Languages: English
Countries: Spain, United States of America, United Kingdom

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 150 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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MONEY

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$140M budget — tentpole studio territory.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 12 years ago.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 3 countries: Spain, United States of America, United Kingdom.

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5 / 8

CAST

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231+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Ridley Scott, shot by Dariusz Wolski. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Alberto Iglesias. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Billy Rich shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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The take

Ridley Scott directs. Dariusz Wolski behind the camera. Alberto Iglesias scores. Billy Rich cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in Spain, United States of America, United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

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1Clocks in at 150 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
2$140M budget — tentpole studio territory.
3Released 12 years ago.
4International production across 3 countries: Spain, United States of America, United Kingdom.
5231+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
6Directed by Ridley Scott, shot by Dariusz Wolski. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Alberto Iglesias. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Billy Rich shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Christian Bale and Joel Edgerton and Ben Kingsley carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "When men ruled as gods, one was chosen to change the world.".
11IMDB entry: tt1528100 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Classified under 14 themes, including "moses", "bible", "racism", "slave".
13Released under 11 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Dariusz Wolski
Original score: Alberto Iglesias
Editing: Billy Rich
Production design: Arthur Max
Costume design: Janty Yates
Makeup / hair: Jessica Brooks
VFX supervisor: Simon Carr
Sound: Michael Fentum
Stunt coordinator: Rob Inch
Runtime: 150 min · 2h 30m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $140,000,000
Box office: $268,031,828
Return: 191% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)

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Reno2015-04-03
★ 7.5/10
This is a well known story and I have also seen the '56 movie 'The Ten Commandments'. So in this film could not foresee the modification, but it did in a slight manner like the later 'Noah' movie. The best part was the visuals, the graphics were so good, hard to resist the pleasure if you are vfx geek like me. That's the reason I love modern movie, especially remake of a classic like 'King Kong'. The problem in this flick was lie in the story telling. As we know, Ridley Scott is an excellent narrator, but this movie was too short even though it ran 150 minutes. I felt it was just a brief, I mean there were no details or depth in the important scenes. You will know what I'm saying if you had watched '56 movie I mentioned in a above paragraph. That's drawback for the first timers at a same time advantage for not to fall in boredom for those who have already seen other versions. Christian Bale, awesome; Joel Edgerton, good; Ben Kingsley, never required; Aaron Paul, totally waste. Overall, not cleverly stablised in the scenes that are very important, especially the final one about ten commandments should have been extended a little bit with a moral message. If it was a Peter Jackson movie, definitely it would have been a trilogy with an aggregated time of over 500 minutes. This movie was an entertainer like I enjoyed it than the message deliverer. Must be watched for the amusement and for the pleasure in updating technical aspect of the narration rather than inspiration. 7.5/10
Dark Jedi2015-07-26
This movie was rather disappointing as far as I am concerned. The original story has been rewritten rather drastically. This in itself do not bother me too much. I am not one of those fanatics that get a fart stuck the wrong way if someone messes with the holy bible. However, I really do not think this was a good rewrite. A lot of the magical moments had been removed and that took away a lot from the story. The movie starts off good enough with some nice and fairly impressive battles. Then it slows down a lot and sometimes I got a “get on with it damn it” feeling. When we finally got around to the burning bush part I got rather underwhelmed. God as a vengeful kid? Come on! The disasters and the special effects are not too shabby but the entire bit where Moses confronted Ramses and warned him about the disasters that where to befall Egypt are taken out. They where just thrown on Egypt one after another in ways that could be explained away as natural disasters. From one point of view I can understand the wish to do this but to me it took something away from the movie. Later when Ramses decides to go after the Hebrews it continues in the same way with Ridley Scott downplaying the magic in the story. There is no pillar of fire and Moses is not holding out his staff to split the see. The sea just decided to recede and Moses takes advantage of it. Sure the effects when the water returns where quite cool but again, the magic was gone. Technically the movie is quite well done and the acting is quite okay but the biblical grandeur and mythical aspects are no longer there. This grand adventure story is simply reduced to an ordinary, fairly mediocre adventure movie with a high budget. I have to say that I enjoyed Cecil B. DeMille’s The Ten Commandments more even though the special effects in that one is hopelessly outdated and the acting is a bit awkward.

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