Set in an Egypt where Gods live among humans and are distinguished by their golden blood, greater height and ability to transform into animal deity forms, Gods Of Egypt tries to give a CPI laden epic fantasy tale of love, revenge and resurrection. While the plot line is fine and the actors do the best of what is asked of them the movie just feels like its little more than something you would expect to see on the Sci-Fi channel.

The main storyline is the battle between two Gods, king to be Horus and his uncle Set who decides that he should be king and tries to take the crown by force. On the human side Bek is a thief who is trying to rescue his love Zaya from slavery, needless to say both Bek and Horus find they need each others assistance in order to achieve their goals so it becomes a buddy movie with God and man working together to bring down the evil and get love back from the other side.

The main issue with the film (taking aside the controversy of ethnically inaccurate casting which is doing the rounds) is that the action is so fast cut and CGI laden that it almost leaves you confused as to what is going on and half of the time you’re not sure if Gods are fighting Gods or humans, and if Gods can transform into powerful deities than why don’t they battle like that all the time, instead of staying in their obviously less powerful human form. Plus despite the fact that you would expect a God to be able to destroy a human easily the thief Bek seems to be able to hold his own by just using his wit which gives the movie a real sense of improbality, even for a movie about Gods and legends.

If almost feels like that script was written first, they then decided to set it in Egypt and finally added a few names from Egyptian lore to the pages, so if you liked the 2010 remake of Clash of the Titans then you might enjoy in a so good it’s bad way, or maybe watch it with the kids. If you are looking for historical accuracy or deep meaningful content then steer clear.

DJ Speaks Rating: 4.5 out of 10