Exodus: Gods and Kings

Robbed of a Ridley Epic

written by

Maël

“Is this your god? Killer of children? What kind of fanatics worship such a god?” At such a massive scope, it lacks in everything. Damn. There’s really nothing more I can say apart from damn. Exodus: Gods and Kings should be everything a Ridley film could be. It looks gorgeous, insanely so for great stretches. Ridiculous and bombastic as fuck. Alberto Iglesias’ score is fantastic. The disappointed God-child had so much potential. But it’s all just too meatless. I want meat. I want blood. I want bone. I want lonely wandering. I want distant contemplation. I want the story of Moses, dirty and raw. I want a 5 hour long Biblical epic from Ridley. What we got isn’t all bad—just disappointing to me. A waste of so much talent. I wish I could’ve looked on from Ben Mendelsohn playing an Egyptian viceroy, but the instant his Australian voice came out, all I saw was Orson Krennic. Now that’s a good performance. “We stand here amidst my achievement. Not yours!”