Moses (Christian Bale) is a general and
member of the Royal family of Egypt. His bond with Ramesses (Joel Edgerton) is
strong – borne out particularly by saving the latter’s life in a face-off with
the Hittite army. Moses is also ambivalent to the fate of the Hebrews –
Israelis – his very own race, toiling away as slaves to build the great
pyramids of Egypt. It takes certain revelations for Moses to leave the kingdom for
good, and seek out his destiny elsewhere. And then a vision – visitiation from
God? Or just inspiration? leads him back to Egypt to free his people and take
them to the Promised Land. Exodus – Gods and Kings stands out for the sheer
mastery of the build-up of the character of Moses from a general of an empire,
to a much older and wiser leader of a people. Perhaps a little marred by the
liberal use of some barely believable special effects, the movie is
nevertheless an essential watch in a year of movies that, while dull for the
most part, seems to be ending off rather nicely
14.5/20
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