Starring: Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, John Turturro, Aaron Paul, Maria Valverde, Sigourney Weaver and Ben Kingsley
Running Time: 2 Hours and 30 Minutes
This is the classic and timeless Bible story of Moses and his epic adventure to free 600,000 Hebrew slaves from the wrath of the almighty Pharaoh Ramses.
This rendition under the direction of Ridley Scott is similar, but yet very different from the 1956 Cecile B. DeMille "The Ten Commandments" version we have all grown up with.
With the state of the art computer generated graphics, it puts a totally different spin on the story. Christian Bale gave a very good and solid performance as Moses in the first half of the movie. I felt like he got a bit weaker and a little confused towards the end. The epic parting of the Red Sea was completely different and I was underwhelmed with this one. I have always been so impressed with the DeMille version that it was always completely magical to me!
The scenes when he talked to God were unusual to me as well. Ramses was played by the actor Joel Edgerton and he gave a strong and commanding performance as the Pharaoh.
I really enjoyed this movie and I would highly recommend it, just realize it is the same story with a different twist with incredible graphics. It is long at two and a half hours, but worth the time you invest in it.
Parents be advised: There is a lot of Biblical violence which consists of plaques, pestilence, famine, large alligators and frogs, many frogs! It also deals with the deaths of the first-born Egyptian sons which was heart-breaking to watch!
This is rated PG-13, I would recommend this movie for children ages 13 and over.
I am giving "Exodus: Gods and Kings" three bags of popcorn.
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