Gods of Egypt Dvd

Gods of Egypt is a 2016 fantasy action film directed by Alex Proyas based on the ancient Egyptian deities. It stars Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Gerard Butler, Brenton Thwaites, Chadwick Boseman, Élodie Yung, Courtney Eaton, Rufus Sewell and Geoffrey Rush. The film portrays a mortal Egyptian hero who partners with the Egyptian god Horus to save the world from Set and rescue his love.

Filming took place in Australia under the American film production and distribution company Summit Entertainment. While the film’s production budget was $140 million, the parent company Lionsgate’s financial exposure was less than $10 million due to tax incentives and pre-sales. The Australian government provided a tax credit for 46% of the film’s budget. When Lionsgate began promoting the film in November 2015, it received backlash for its predominantly white cast playing Egyptian deities. In response, Lionsgate and director Proyas apologized for ethnically inaccurate casting.

Lionsgate released Gods of Egypt in theaters globally, starting on February 25, 2016, in 2D, RealD 3D, and IMAX 3D, and in the United States, Canada, and 68 other markets on February 26. It grossed a total of $150 million against a $140 million budget, becoming a box office bomb and losing the studio up to $90 million. It received five nominations at the 37th Golden Raspberry Awards.

Plot

See also: Horus § Conflict between Horus and Set
In ancient Egypt, the ruling god Osiris is killed by his jealous brother Set during the coronation of Osiris’s son Horus. Set seizes the throne and declares that mankind must pay riches to pass into the afterlife. Stripped of his eyes, Horus is exiled as Egypt is driven to its knees.

One year later, a thief named Bek is given the plans for Set’s pyramid by his lover Zaya, a slave to chief architect Urshu. Bek steals one of Horus’ eyes from Set’s treasure vault, but is caught by Urshu. Zaya is killed, and Bek takes her body to Horus and gives him the eye, promising to find the other if he brings Zaya back from the dead.

They visit the divine vessel of Horus’ grandfather Ra. Neutral about the conflict with Set, and at war with the shadow beast Apophis that threatens to devour the world, Ra does not restore Horus’ power, but gives him a vial of divine waters to weaken Set. Ra explains that Horus’ loss of his powers is the result of not fulfilling his destiny, which Horus believes means avenging his parents’ deaths.

Set asks Hathor to take him to the underworld, but she refuses and escapes. After an attack by Minotaurs led by Mnevis, followed by other minions and giant cobras, Hathor rescues Horus and Bek. Horus is mistrustful of Hathor, who claims Set is also her enemy. Bek and Horus explain their plan to infiltrate Set’s pyramid, and Hathor warns of a guardian sphinx. They visit the library of Thoth to recruit the god to solve the sphinx’s riddle. Overcoming the pyramid’s traps, they reach the source of Set’s power. Before they can use the divine water, Set traps them, destroying the divine water and taking Thoth’s brain, but Horus saves Hathor and Bek. Sacrificing her own safety, Hathor gives Bek her bracelet as payment (for Zaya) for the afterlife and calls Anubis to take him to Zaya, letting herself be dragged to the underworld.

Absorbing Thoth’s brain, Osiris’s heart, Horus’s other eye, and wings from Nephthys, Set confronts Ra about his mistreatments, which Ra explains were tests to prepare Set for his true role: taking Ra’s place aboard his solar barge as defender of the world against Apophis. Dismayed, Set decides to destroy the afterlife to become immortal. Ra blasts him with his spear, but Set survives through his absorbed powers. He stabs Ra, taking his spear and casting him off the barge, freeing Apophis to consume the mortal and underworld realms.

Zaya refuses Hathor’s gift, not wanting an afterlife without Bek. Apophis attacks, and the gate to the afterlife is closed. Bek returns to the mortal world, determined to stop Set and encouraging Horus that Zaya still had faith in him.

Horus battles Set atop an obelisk, but is heavily outmatched. Bek throws Urshu to his death and joins the battle on the obelisk, removing Horus’ stolen eye from Set’s armor, but is mortally wounded. Sliding toward the edge of the obelisk, Bek throws the eye to Horus, who must choose either to catch it or to save Bek. Horus reaches for Bek, apologizing for all he has put him through. As they plummet toward the ground, Horus regains his power to transform, flying Bek to safety. Horus realizes that his true destiny was to protect his people. With renewed strength, Horus outmaneuvers and kills Set. Finding Ra wounded in the aether, Horus returns his spear, allowing Ra to repel Apophis, and Anubis to reopen the gates.

A child in the crowd returns Horus’ other eye and the god lays a dying Bek in Osiris’s tomb beside Zaya. For his deeds, Ra offers to bestow Horus with any power, but all Horus wants is to bring Bek and Zaya back to life. Ra grants his wish, and the other gods were restored, except Horus’ parents who had already passed into the afterlife. Horus is crowned king and declares access to the afterlife will be paid with good deeds in life. Bek is made chief advisor and gives Horus Hathor’s bracelet; Horus leaves to rescue her from the underworld.

Cast

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Horus, the Egyptian God of Air and Hathor’s lover.
Gerard Butler as Set, the Egyptian God of the Desert
Brenton Thwaites as Bek, a young thief who allies with Horus.
Lindsay Farris voices an older Bek that narrates the film.
Chadwick Boseman as Thoth, the Egyptian God of Wisdom.
Élodie Yung as Hathor, the Egyptian Goddess of Love and Horus’s lover.
Courtney Eaton as Zaya, Bek’s lover.
Geoffrey Rush as Ra, the Egyptian God of the Sun
Rufus Sewell as Urshu, Set’s architect.
Bryan Brown as Osiris, the Egyptian God of the Afterlife, who is the king of Egypt and the father of Horus
Goran D. Kleut as the voice and motion capture of Anubis, the Egyptian God of Death
Rachael Blake as Isis, the Egyptian Goddess of Health, Marriage and Wisdom who is the wife of Osiris and the mother of Horus.
Emma Booth as Nephthys, the Goddess of Protection.
Alexander England as the voice and motion capture of Mnevis, the leader of the Egyptian Minotaurs that work for Set.
Yaya Deng as Astarte
Abbey Lee as Anat
Kenneth Ransom as the voice and motion capture of Sphinx
Robyn Nevin as Sharifa
Bruce Spence as Head Judge