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Dir: Alex Proyas (12A, 127 mins)
Oh dear. A CGI stuffed version of Egyptian legends with nary a Middle Eastern actor in sight, this is overblown nonsense despite coming from Alex Proyas who brought us the far superior original The Crow and Dark City. Nicolas Coster Waldau takes a break from Game of Thrones to play Horus, a god about to inherit the throne from his Dad, Bryan Brown, only for nasty charisma free Scotsman Gerard Butler as dastardly uncle Set to nab it off him. Horus is blinded and has to team up with the blank Brendon Thwaites and a variety of other gods to win back the throne. Money has been thrown at the spectacle at the expense of plot and acting. Geoffrey Rush chews scenery and is mostly on fire, sexy ladies ride serpents and set pieces are noisy and catastrophic. It could be campy fun. It isn’t. Opens June 17
words KEIRON SELF