Geoffrey Rush, Gerard Butler, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Elodie Yung, Chadwick Boseman, Goran D. Kleut, Abbey Lee, Brenton Thwaites, Courtney Eaton, and Yaya Deng in Gods of Egypt (2016)

Gods of Egypt

Movie#2510ā–²3412016• PG-13• 2h 7m
AnimationActionAdventureDramaFantasy
⭐ 5.4 / 10(135,609)

Mortal hero Bek teams with the god Horus in an alliance against Set, the merciless god of darkness, who has usurped Egypt's throne, plunging the once peaceful and prosperous empire into chaos and conflict.

Rated
PG-13
Runtime
2h 7m
Released
2016
Country
United States, Australia, China, Hong Kong

Details

Release year: 2016

Storyline

Mortal hero Bek teams with the god Horus in an alliance against Set, the merciless god of darkness, who has usurped Egypt's throne, plunging the once peaceful and prosperous empire into chaos and conflict.

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Did you know

• This film is based on the Egyptian myth "The Contendings of Horus and Set," in which Set and Horus battled for the rule of Egypt.

• In the film, both of Horus's eyes are torn out, then restored to him later. In Egyptian mythology, only one eye is torn out.

• Filmed in the Australian desert. Filming in the Sahara was considered too dangerous.

Box Office

Gross (Domestic): $31,153,464

Opening Weekend (Domestic): $14,123,903 (2016-02-28)

User reviews

⭐ 6/10

Attractive and colorful adventure dealing with powerful Egyptian Gods and fleeble human beings

šŸ‘ 32 Ā· 12/28/2020
⭐ 6/10

If Egypt had Popcorn movies ...

šŸ‘ 8 Ā· 5/13/2022
⭐ 5/10

Gods Gone Wild

šŸ‘ 169 Ā· 2/24/2016

Technical specs

Sound mix
Dolby Digital, Auro 11.1, Dolby Atmos, Datasat
Aspect ratio
2.35 : 1
Color
Color

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