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Gods of Egypt
U/A (INDIA)
2016
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Gods of Egypt
Positive Reviews
23
Negative reviews
108
Average Rating
1.7
/5
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1.5
It meanders through waves of lame character interactions, mind numbing fight sequences, uninspired creatures, and boring plot contrivances.
Keith & the Movies
2.0
The gods bleed gold paint over their gold armor in palaces inlaid with even more gold.
Av Club
1.5
Put it this way: unless youre planning to break into Fort Knox, youll never see this much gold flash past your eyes again.
Den Of Geek
1.5
And the only reason the film even remotely works is that it keeps things light and doesnt take itself too seriously, essentially turning into a buddy ..
Den Of Geek
2.0
But Gods of Egypt is neither good enough nor bad enough to qualify as a so bad its good guilty pleasure.Its just there, pounding you in the face with ..
EW
2.5
After a point, this proudly silly film about gods and mortals in ancient Egypt devolves into an sword and sorcery flavored riff on a weak Marvel movie ..
Rogerebert
1.0
Starring a white washed cast phoning in their performances, this cheesy, unimpressive action fantasy is so bad its only good for watching as a guilty ..
Common Sense Media
1.0
This is by any measure a dreadful movie, a chintzy, CG encrusted eyesore that oozes stupidity and self indulgence from its every pore.
Variety
2.5
The sheer incoherency of Gods of Egypt is almost secondary to the CGI that surrounds its increasingly ludicrous characters.
We Got This Covered
2.5
Instead of an unmitigated disaster of Wrath of the Titans proportions, what Proyas has painstakingly crafted here is an agreeably bonkers, lavishly de ..
We Got This Covered
0.5
The cast of predominantly white and British actors isnt exactly authentic either.
Austin Chronicle
1.0
This swords and sandals escapade couldve easily been milked for laughs, but its handful of jokes, delivered deadpan, fall flat.
Time Out
2.0
And fans of coherent storytelling might also be advised to give this bombastic fantasy action picture a wide berth.
The Guardian
2.0
Its initially fuelled with its own absurdity, like an ecologically unsafe type of diesel. But there is a falling off after half an hour or so.
The Guardian
3.0
Gods of Egypt keeps it moving its far too ridiculous to do anything else.
The Guardian
1.3
But whatever virtue Gods of Egypt boasts as a throwback, it doesnt elide the filmmakers decision to imprint an ancient mythology on a contemporary sup ..
2.5
In this world, there is no magic too outlandish and no effort too far fetched.Now, while the CGI is definitely a bit over the top, this film does have ..
ETimes (TOI)
1.5
Again, its probably no surprise that the movie is a technical mess as well.
Collider
1.5
For example, Jupiter Ascending isnt a good film, but its still possible to enjoy watching it because theres an intense and very palpable passion to it ..
Collider
2.5
Because one could imagine that Alex Proyass film might be the end result of an epic battle between those two deities.Its both thin and overstuffed, fi ..
Vulture
1.0
Its all as ridiculous as it sounds, and yet somehow Gods of Egypt doesnt even manage to be campy enough to be an entertaining guilty pleasure.
The Hollywood Reporter
0.0
Nice try, but a futile one.Convinced its gullible audience cant resist its contemporary rendering (read: destruction) of these religious myths, Gods o ..
3.5
But its instructive that even as this movie teases you with its absurdity, it also offers you moments of beauty that shimmer like the outstretched win ..
The New York Times
2.0
Gods of Egypt has traces of The Mummy in it, but the way it bends its inspiration doesnt feel fresh in todays movie landscape.The fact that video game ..
IGN
3.0
You shall never feast on my creation!.Its clear exactly which Gods of Egypt character Proyas identifies with.
Telegraph
0.0
Photo: Lisa Tomasetti, Associated Press Gods of Egypt an epic .. disaster 1 / 1 Back to Gallery Gods of Egypt is an epic an epic disaster.It has a dir ..
San Francisco Chronicle
1.0
Gods of Egypt screams blockbuster spectacle, but even its soft whispers of human drama seem to have been built on an assembly line of blockbuster clic ..
The Young Folks
1.0
Summer 2016 has had a high number of shonky blockbusters, but Gods Of Egypt is the worst of them.
2.5
While Gods of Egypt is a spectacle, and entertaining at times, its a textbook example of style over substance.
Cinema Blend
1.0
Still, like its towering gods, the movies already left a big footprint, with ads plastered up everywhere pushing its spectacle, its magic, its 3D.
Ny Daily News
2.0
Its always a shame when a big, ambitious effort like GODS OF EGYPT falls flat, but it cant be denied this is a pretty epic misfire and ultimately just ..
JoBlo
1.5
Gods of Egypt is a cheesy and visually unimpressive fantasy adventure thats too dull to make for fun campy entertainment.
Screen Rant
2.5
Listening to Gerard Butlers villainous god of darkness go super tyrannical, its apparent that the writers of the $140 million (U.S.) epic Gods of Egyp ..
The Globe And Mail
2.5
In this world, there is no magic too outlandish and no effort too far fetched.Now, while the CGI is definitely a bit over the top, this film does have ..
3.0
It might enthrall boys under seven, but everyone over that age is likely to laugh it off the screen.
One Guys Opinion
2.5
Its dumb as hell, but at least its an impassioned, sumptuous dumbness.You can walk out of a dozen studio produced FX debacles every year with the glum ..
Village Voice
2.5
Its only been hours since Ive seen it and Ive already forgotten pretty much all of it.
Rogers Movie Nation
2.5
Gods of Egypt is often sloppy and fails in many ways but the cheesy momentum is hard to resist.
ReelViews
3.0
10 1 3 / 10 Alex Proyas doesnt direct very often, and when he does, its usually a disappointment.
Blu Ray
1.9
This ends any genuine appreciation for the movie, which quickly becomes a mismanaged mess.
Mark Reviews Movies
2.5
So, what we basically have here is a summer movie disguised as a sci fi epic.
Reel Film Reviews
4.5
Not since Jupiter Ascending have I seen such a hot mess, but much more of an entertaining one.
You Tube
1.0
Egypt, the Nile Delta, sometime in the 4th millennium BC.We swoop over a magnificent colonnaded cityscape, with pyramids, obelisks and giant marble ar ..
The Times
2.0
And unfortunately, except for a few scenes, its not outlandish enough to be entertaining as a disaster, either, as the performances are generally rein ..
Eric Ds Nider
2.0
The film is so ridiculously awful that it threatens to bend back into compelling camp, but the end result is just too excruciating to be entertaining.
News Review
1.0
An Egyptian tale with no Egyptian actors or accents, this is a textbook big budget turkey full of pointless noise and extravagance.
Radio Times
1.0
Proyas seeks to deliver a spectacle that is all spectacle, all the time.
Screen It
2.0
It is enjoyable enough as an old fashioned matinee style romp but the crudity is still startling.
Independent
0.0
What raises Gods of Egypt above all other historically botched FX epics is the stupefying schlock of its visual effects, theyre like something out of ..
Rolling Stone
2.0
Most Pixar movies do a better job of making the eye forget that its watching something completely artificial; never for a moment did I stop thinking a ..
The Wrap
2.5
For the most part, its a derivative but amiable movie whose only goal is to entertain.If it didnt make you constantly wonder whether some actors are s ..
News Day
2.5
In fact, Gods of Egypt is far and away the more enjoyable update of 1981s Clash of the TitansHarryhausens final moviethan Louis Letteriers groaningly ..
Film Journal
1.3
Assembling all of this into some kind of coherence is not the point; be dazzled or be damned.
New York Post
1.9
This wouldnt be that big a deal if the visual spectacle delivered.
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
3.0
Gods of Egypt is flawed in obvious ways.The dialogue blends with a generic modern American idiom (Such a big day for the family, you must be proud).
Smh
2.0
Whoa and wow Gods of Egypt is one bad movie.Actually, its about three or four bad movies that are barely strapped together with cinematic mucilage tha ..
Mountain X
1.5
Every penny of the $140 million budget certainly appears to be on screen, but the experience is like being trapped in the lobby of an expensive but te ..
Npr
1.9
A dubious venture to begin with, it quickly collapses into an orgy of 3 D Transformers style combat between clanging metallic beasts and slapdash comi ..
Star Tribune
1.0
Temples crumble and monsters writhe, yet the computer generated effects are as creaky as a script that makes good actors look mediocre, and mediocre a ..
Daily Mail
3.5
Proyas direction is sweeping and quite stunning as he depicts a fantasy based Egypt ruled over by a grand myriad Gods and Goddesses.
Cinema Crazed
3.0
Myths about deities are the inspiration for an eye popping but narratively jumbled blockbuster that won few admirers on its US release, but that hits ..
Flim List
1.0
Disregarding any attempt at diversity, the cast is primarily Caucasian.
Susang Ranger
2.0
The movie was never meant to have anything of substance, but rather be a visual treat for the eye. Clearly, it failed
Flickering Myth
2.0
If you have not yet grown tired of spending your money on overlong, 3 D, computer generated cheese whizzy, effects laden semi superhero movies, by all ..
Boston Herald
2.0
The performances may be the one dimly bright spot, but thats not to say theyre good, rather actively entertaining.
The Film Stage
1.3
The effects driven (into the ground!).Gods of Egypt is so screwy, yet so lame, its already infamous whitewashed casting issues are the least of its tr ..
Chicago Tribune
2.0
Ahead, we answer every question you could possibly have about Gods of Egypt.
Uproxx
1.0
The putative hero of Gods of Egypt is less interesting and less developed than a videogame avatar, which is somehow ironic for a movie that appears to ..
Flickfilosopher
2.0
The size difference between mortals and gods makes for discombobulating spectacle, and, oh yes, its often boring.
The Irish Times
2.0
Populated by super buff heroes and cleavage baring heroines, and marked by performances that range from cornball (Thwaites) to bland (Coster Waldau) t ..
Blogs Indie Wire
1.5
Its just another empty spectacle, one that doesnt have the creativity or resources to make up for its narrative shortcomings.
Las Vegas Weekly
2.5
Butler and Rush seem more properly attuned to the films crackpot tone, overacting in a way that complements the storys narrative and visual excesses.
The Atlantic
1.5
The quest to save a loved one from damnation was reminiscent of the game Dantes Inferno, a hack & slash bastardization of the epic literary masterpiec ..
Birth Movies Death
1.0
A little far fetched.Then you havent been paying attention to ancient Egyptian mythology, have you
Standard
1.9
The movie is beyond stupid.At the same time, I got the feeling that Proyas realizes this, and, instead of trying to mask the inherent absurdity of wha ..
Movie Freak
2.0
No one is confusing Gods of Egypt with strong storytelling. But for a mindless whir of crazy visuals, you can do a lot worse.
Detroit News
3.5
While its not QUITE as good as Touch of Evil, it offers a ridiculous amount of nutso fantasy entertainment.
Forbes
1.0
It really doesnt matter.After two hours of this guff, the whole thing has put a hole in your mind the size of a Sphinx.
Herald Sun
3.0
Some of the films aggressively silly spectacle works, which is something its normally easier to get behind if a film commits wholly to it (see Jupiter ..
Consequence Of Sound
0.5
It is bad in practically every way it could be bad, from concept to execution, from imagery to acting. It is a movie with essentially no redeeming qua ..
Vox
1.0
Theres an abundance of illusory one liners that litter, and cheapen this title, often delivered in the most perilous of situations.
Hey U Guys
2.0
Alex Proyass Gods of Egypt is a deeply stylish and deeply hollow fantasy adventure in which it is hoped that the spectacular visual effects will blind ..
Scroll
3.0
The thing that works best about Gods Of Egypt is that it knows its tone: its silly and fun.
Film Ink
1.5
The films are funny, insightful and deceptively open hearted, with live performances that now comprise historys uneven texture.
The Age
2.5
Second, it has a surprisingly strong cast for such fare, and they play it largely straight.
Maki At The Movies
1.5
It also doesnt help that new rules and ideas are continually devised on the spot to prolong the story.
1.0
THE VERDICT: This furiously bizarre follow up deserves full marks for throw everything at the screen entertainment value, but none for execution.
Games Radar
1.5
Return yourself to the mind of a seven or eight year old and Gods of Egypts action sequences are diverting but not even in the same universe as the as ..
Raidió Teilifís Éireann
1.5
Honestly, it makes 300: Rise of an Empire look like cinematic art in comparison.
Star Burst Magazine
2.0
And more often than not, a great idea shines through the grimy outer coating.But the problem is that audiences now have itchy trigger fingers when it ..
Lw Lies
1.5
In the stark, filmic landscape that lies beyond the Oscars, there is nothing but badly CGI ed tumbleweed and B list actors plastered all over cardboar ..
Nz Herald
2.0
Soap opera melodrama and visual effects wizardry combine in a mythical Egyptian fantasy adventure and its an uncomfortable mix.
Nz Herald
3.0
But they also create some genuinely gorgeous moments of spectacle, with sprawling landscapes and whooshing action.
Contact Music
2.0
The conceit of the gods being so much bigger than the mortals remains viably interesting, and is done seamlessly.
Killer Movie Reviews
1.0
Rally up a few of Butlers DVDs.The Marvel movies are doing great nowadays, so get some of those superhero movies too, theyll have a treasure trove of ..
FilmFare
2.5
1 of 4 View Caption This image released by Lionsgate shows Nikolaj Coster Waldau portraying Horus in a scene from Gods of Egypt.
Sltrib
2.0
Its a shame, as the Egyptian backdrops and the layered storyline have potential, and the special effects, while cheesy, are fun to watch.
Scmp
0.0
Not funny enough to laugh at, not pretty enough to look at, and not serious enough to care. Like, what the devil were they thinking bad.
Movie Crypt
2.0
The gods walk among us in this rollicking celebration of ancient Egypt and its awesome achievements in science, architecture, and the excessive use of ..
Straight
1.5
Gods of Egypt is a silly, poorly acted CGI spectacle in the same vein as Clash of the Titans.Its hard to imagine this is a film from Alex Proyas.
Movie Web
3.0
Director Jay Roach imbues this biopic with the same personality as its subject: it is avuncular, wry and forgiving.
Straits Times
2.0
This all might make Gods of Egypt sound like a blast, but its too cramped and muddled and eventually monotonous to achieve true bad movie transcendenc ..
Metro New York
1.0
Proyas interpretation of Ancient Egypt is imaginative, but unfortunately Gods of Egypt ends up a disappointment as glimmers of a brighter movie shine ..
One Room With A View
0.0
Gods of Egypt takes bonkers ideas and whitewashes them into generalized mediocrity.
Crave Online
1.0
Gods of Egypt is not satisfied with being your average forgettable blockbuster.
Polygon
1.3
Gods of Egypt is an unholy hot mess that probably would not have been rescued by a more racially mixed cast or even one not blending Scottish and Brit ..
Post Gazette
3.0
Plundering ancient Egyptian mythology with go for broke abandon, Proyas gives us feuding 12 foot tall deities, plucky mortals, desperate quests and as ..
What So
4.5
This is a world that I enjoyed visiting and wouldnt mind revisiting sometime in the future.
Bowling Green Daily News
2.0
But this sense of Wachowski esque freewheeling giddy invention doesnt extend to the actual storytelling.
Scifi Now
1.0
And thats basically Gods of Egypt in a nutshell: None of this garbage makes sense.
Lainey Gossip
0.5
We sat in the back in case of laughing (most important decision).
The Mary Sue
2.0
A faux mythological spectacle in which everyone and everything is draped in more sparkle than Liberace, it lacks only a touch of song and dance to put ..
Seven Day Svt
3.0
A movie like that should embrace its stupidity, should laugh and dance and scream like a lunatic.But Gods of Egypt is a ponderous bore, which is simpl ..
New Republic
1.3
Possibly this is because screenwriters Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless treat their movie like the worlds most expensive Egyptian mythology study aid.
National Post
2.0
Tighten up your sandals for an epic adventure of swirling myths and clashing titans.
Sky
2.5
The real question is whether its boring bad or fun bad..It turns out to be mostly fun bad.
Winnipeg Free Press
2.0
Its tempting to dismiss Gods of Egypt as the most perfectly bad film Ive ever seen.But thats not fair.
M Tv
2.0
Neither well acted, scripted or designed, and completely lacking in brand appeal, Gods of Egypt is an expensive blockbuster targeted at no one in part ..
Trespass Mag
3.0
For starters, it isnt part of a long running franchise or based on a comic book.
Daily Star
1.5
The rest of the cast fares a little better, but the film is such a poorly written mess that even the worlds finest actors couldnt make this lackluster ..
Blog Bullz Eye
2.5
Remember that swords and sandals romp.It never took itself seriously, and it lacked a single dull frame.
Hollywood Into To
1.0
Whats more peculiar is the way the script tries its best to employ a little self referential humour, but those efforts never really register and only ..
Cairo 360
3.8
This is a fun adventure movie that might be a bit too bloated for its own good but its still a funny and entertaining film.
Johnhanlon Reviews
1.5
To be perfectly honest, the plot doesnt necessarily always make sense.
1.5
This is a badly rendered CGI wasteland that has no sense of fun or adventure, and wallows in its own mediocrity.
Mac Guff
3.0
Hardly must see cinema, Gods of Egypts visual preeminence is best appreciated on a big screen.
Parent Previews
3.0
Theres something enjoyable about tallying up the ways it goes wrong.It continually charges toward its own spectacular idiocy with gusto.
The Film Experience
1.9
It brought to mind The Mummy franchise, launched in the late 1990s, when CGI onslaughts were new and novel, and, in awe of the crisp and shiny visuals ..
MLive.com
2.5
There is a time and place for this kind of over the top cinematic extravaganza, and director Alex Proyas has made a film that, for the most part, look ..
The Film File
2.5
Gerard Butler wants to light up your life as one of the Gods of Egypt.
Commercial Appeal
1.5
Gods of Egypt is the latest in a long line of insane, half assed fantasy epics that leave audiences scratching their heads, jaws agape, wondering what ..
2.0
The gods are more stentorious than glorious and the bickering between Horus and Bek is perfunctory rather than fun.
Iol Co Za
3.0
Unfortunately, said action is utterly laughable and not even up to the standards of popular video games.
Showbiz Junkies
1.5
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Enfil Me
1.0
Barely any of this comes together well, and practically none of Gods of Egypt is worth watching.
Chesapeake Family
2.0
Only then did it even have a slight chance of accomplishing its goal of being a big blockbuster that merely wants to be entertaining.
The Blus Pot
0.5
And Chadwick Boseman gives a whole room of terrible performances as Thoth.
rachelsreviews.net
0.5
The gods Horus and Set assume winged form and dogfight with magic fire lasers as Apophis the Giant Worm of Chaos literally drinks the Nile River in th ..
Memphis Flyer
2.0
But it doesnt make Gods of Egypt interesting.This movie lacks a sense of what it wants to be.
Ex Press
2.0
I became a U.S. citizen in 2012, 10 years after I had become a permanent resident, and 22 after I first arrived in the United States.
The Monitor
1.0
Its hard to imagine a film less prone to leaving audiences disappointed: the thing you walk into it expecting it to be is completely and in all ways t ..
Reviews Antagony Ecstasy
1.0
Its a mystery what happened to the movies reported $140 million budget. The CGI effects vacillate in quality from ho hum to horrendous.
Japan Times
2.5
But here it is, and its actually pretty fun.About as minor as miracles get, but not bad for ancient gods, I guess.
Bk Mag
1.5
Confused Not how you remember Egyptian history or myth Sometimes, this kind of pseudo historical epic can be saved by clever, funny dialog and charism ..
We Are Movie Geeks
0.5
Gods of Egypt expresses an intense effort in its cinematography, but is accompanied by disappointing characters that are all brawn and no brain or hea ..
Movies With Mae
1.0
Proyas is a talented director (The Crow is a fright night classic and Dark City a nightmarish near masterpiece) but hes lost the plot in more ways tha ..
Daily Review
0.5
The posters were ugly, the trailers foreshadowed disaster, and... yes, the movie did not disappoint in being a train wreck.
Pólvora
1.5
Boseman, whos set to play Marvels Black Panther, offers an embarrassing turn, rife with snootiness, under a curious and indiscernible accent.
Deep Focus Review
2.5
Despite the silliness of the concept and visuals, its easy to adjust as the film goes along.
Den Of Geek Us
1.8
I just wanted to watch some nicely designed beasts, some exhilarating action and a few cool moments of comedy.
Film Gamed
1.5
Set isnt just after total dominating power, hes after his fathers approval too.
Nerdophiles
1.5
But poorly executed visual effects affected the entire viewing process negatively.
GhMovieFreak
4.0
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Skj Bollywood News
1.9
It manages to slip just over the line into that sweet spot of awesomely bad, even though it does overstay its welcome by about 30 minutes, and none of ..
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