‘Gods of Egypt’ Review: Gerard Butler Fiasco Is the Worst Thing to Hit the Nile Since Asps

Dull, silly and boasting the worst CG effects this side of an Atari 2600, this white-guys-of-Egypt epic isn’t even fun-bad

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“Do you think I would put in any effort trying to amuse you?” That’s a question that Egyptian god Horus (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, “Game of Thrones”) poses to mortal Bek (Brenton Thwaites, “The Giver”), and as far as “Gods of Egypt” goes, that answer would be a resounding “No.”

A mishmash of unconvincing visual effects and clumsy writing — not to mention another depiction of ancient Egypt in which the lead roles are almost all played by white folks — “Gods of Egypt” might have merited a so-bad-it’s-good schadenfreude fanbase had it maintained the unintentional laughs of its first 10ย minutes.

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