Welcome back to Movie Recap. Today I'm gonna show you a 2014 biblical epic film called,
Exodus: Gods and Kings. Spoilers ahead. Sit back, relax and enjoy the video.
The movie begins when the Pharoah, Seti I, and his subordinates meet regarding their enemies' arrival
within their borders. The Pharoah asks the high priestess to check the entrails, so she obliges.
The priestess picks up the knife, stabs the duck in its stomach at her ritual table,
and retrieves the intestine outside to see what the omen says. After burning the organ,
the chantress utters the message that a person will be saved in the war and soon become a leader.
She warns them of the prophecy as it will either be the General of the Egyptian Royal Family,
Moses, or Prince Ramses, as they are in charge of the attack that
will overthrow the Hittites at Kadesh. After the ritual, Moses and Ramses prepare
before the deployment. Seti I gives Moses the prince's sword, and Ramses receives Moses',
as it will set as a reminder of their brotherhood and protect each other at all cost.
Seti I sends these boys out of the palace where the Egyptian soldiers await.
Upon exiting, Ramses and Moses ride a different carriage to deliver them to Kadesh, as their
troops follow their lead. Arriving near Kadesh, Ramses orders Commander Khyan regarding the
division of their battalion on the battleground. Ramses takes over the generalship and the
distribution of forces in different directions to ensure the effectiveness of their attack.
The community of Hittites does their routine as a tribe; there are people busy butchering
animals for their food, a blacksmith who is responsible for creating their swords,
and their leaders enjoying their meal in the comfort of their house. Suddenly, a panicking
Hittite soldier quickly approaches their tribe to alert every one of the arrival of Egyptian
soldiers who are about to attack their place. The Hittites immediately prepare as soldiers collect
their shields, horses, swords, and spears, which they can use to fight their enemies.
Arriving near the Hittites' territory, Ramses signals his men to launch an attack synchronously.
They shower the Hittites with arrows as it targets numerous Hittites fighters at once. The
arrows pierced their chest and even their horses, which immediately brought their fighters down.
Another wave of arrows has been thrown before the troop of Egyptian soldiers collides with
the human shield created by the Hittites. The encounter between the Hittites and the
Egyptians has become bloody violent. The swooshing sound of metals colliding and the screams of
unbearable pain when someone gets hit by a sword or a spear envelop the area. On the other hand,
Ramses falls on his ride when it crashes on an arriving carriage. A Hittite soldier takes
this chance to attack Ramses, but Moses uses a spear to save his comrade from being hit.
When the encounter becomes more dangerous for both parties, Moses orders his men to retreat and bring
Ramses. When Moses finds another carriage he can occupy, he rides it as they abandon Kadesh.
While they are on their way to escape, they leave most of their men battling against the Hittites.
Upon their arrival in Memphis, the people welcome them with enthusiasm and cheer as
they celebrate the return of Moses and company. Seti I summons Moses to report their encounters
with the Hittites. Moses never bothers to report what has happened, but he spills that he saves
Ramses' life. Seti I thanked Moses for his did and told him that he was more capable
of leading the kingdom instead of Ramses. Seti I, Moses, and Ramses listen to what
seems to be a lecture regarding their enemies. Seti I stops the speaker and asks Ramses to
rephrase the man's claims, but Ramses shrugs his shoulders. The priest takes over and delivers
his speech as he informs the king regarding the situation and enslaved people in Pithom.
Instead, Seti I sends Ramses to Pithom to meet the viceroy and check the happenings in the
area. Ramses seems hesitant with his father's orders, but he has no choice but to oblige.
Moses goes to Pithom only to witness the situation of the enslaved people and the
ruling the viceroy has been exercising. Moses witnesses how enslaved people work in creating
pyramids and a castle which gives comfort to the ruler to keep his spirits up during his service.
Upon meeting the Viceroy Hegep, Moses questions what kind of ruling he does in Pithom. But Viceroy
Hegep demands troops to maintain order and control over their slaves, but Moses never likes his idea.
Moses invites Hegep to meet the people to debunk his precarious theory but the latter declines.
Moses roams around Pithom's vicinity to assess the situation of the slaves. He witnesses how
hardworking the Hebrews were in building statues and infrastructures within the area. Moses also
sees a man, Joshua, being whipped by a guard, so he meddles and stops him from being punished. For
further checking, Moses asks his men to group the elders he suspects would cause rebellion
in the future. When he converses with one of the slaves, he meets Nun, the elder with whom he had a
conversation regarding religion and Canaan. Moses asks one of his soldiers to collect the names
of these aged people as they might use them for future purposes. When Moses leaves, he is stopped
by Joshua to deliver the message to Nun; he asks him to meet him at the prayer house at night.
Going back to the palace, Moses confronts Hegep regarding his management activities in Pithom.
Moses demands to check the report records regarding the projects and rulings he has
implemented. Moses frankly tells Hegep to stop living and acting like royalty, as he is not
the king of Egypt. After belittling Hegep, Moses leaves to meet the elders in the prayer house.
When Moses arrives in the prayer house, Nun asks him if he can send his guards outside.
Nun starts narrating the prophecy they have had before and tells Moses about
his background and origin. Moses gets mad upon hearing Nun's stories, so he decides to leave.
Nun stops him from leaving, and Moses orders the other elders to leave the prayer house.
Nun continues narrating how Moses reached the territory of Memphis and how he became affiliated
with the royalties. Moses never believes Nun's words, so he leaves the place bringing the
confusion and irritation running down through his system. When Moses leaves the prayer house, spies
from the prayer house label him as a traitor, so he stabs the two guards down. But there are two
Hebrews who eavesdrop, so they report what they have heard from Nun and Moses' conversation.
Returning to Memphis, Moses sees that physicians and attendants surround the Pharoah.
Despite Seti's situation, he orders Moses to deliver his report regarding Pithom. Moses
reveals Hegep's doings in Pithom, but Seti seeks more. Seti knows that Moses discovers something in
his expedition in Pithom which bothers him a lot, but the boy never confesses what confuses him.
Days later, Seti passed away, and his child Ramses, his successor, performed the burial
ceremony to send off his father's mummified body. Ramses takes over his father's throne.
One day, Ramses, Moses, and the advisers and generals discuss the king's plans, Hegep arrives
to deliver a message to the king. With Hegep's request to leave them alone, Ramses asks everyone
to evacuate the room quickly. Hegep reported the information to Ramses regarding Moses' real
identity. When Hegep leaves, Ramses and Moses have a confrontation about the latter's real identity.
Ramses summons Bithia and Miriam to reveal the truth, but they both denied. Ramses uses Miriam,
the alleged sister of Moses, and threatens to cut his arm if he spills false information.
Upon knowing Moses' identity, Ramses sends him to jail.
His mother then orders Moses to be killed, but he is sent to exile. On Moses' departure,
he pleads with the guard to let him talk to Bithia and Miriam. In this short conversation,
Miriam confesses that all the allegations regarding his true identity are factual.
Miriam gives Moses the bracelet she removed from his hand when he was a child to protect him.
Moses struggles to survive in the desert. He finds his sword hidden in the cloth on the horse's back.
Moses decides to stop when his horse dies as he has no food and water that it can
eat. While resting, two enemies arrive. They try killing him with their swords,
but Moses does the other way around. Moses continues his journey by traveling
across the desert until he reaches the Red Sea. He sees a group of women retrieving water when
men bringing their goats dominate them. Moses strides in their direction to overthrow this man
as he shows them his sword. Men start to back off and send their goats away from the water pump.
Zipporah invites Moses to their community to eat and rest. But Zipporah's father, Jethro,
interrogates Moses, which he respectfully declines. Instead of a temporary stay,
Moses and Zipporah develop a romantic relationship, leading them to marriage.
Nine years later, Ramses orders his men to build his tomb and palace. Many enslaved
people worked around Memphis to establish the pharaoh's desires. He demands his men to create
this huge project quickly, disregarding the problems they might encounter in doing so.
Moses plays with his son, Malak, as they converse regarding God's mountain.
Moses never believed in such superstitious beings, so he confused his kid.
However, Gershom asks his mother Zipporah regarding his father's claims,
which leads her to confront Moses while he takes care of the herd of goats and sheep.
Moses, being a herdsman, follows where his sheep go despite the heavy rain that hinders
him from climbing. The sheep climb the forbidden mountain, so he follows them wherever they go.
Suddenly, a landslide happens; the rushing of mud and rocks knocks Moses off the ground,
and then loses consciousness. Hours later, Moses wakes up as the dirt buries him. He hears someone
calling his name as he sees something that seems to be burning a few meters away from him. Seconds
later, a child, Malak, talks to him and asks him to become a general to fight for his people.
Moses wakes up while Zipporah attends to his needs. Moses narrates what he had witnessed in
the mountain before being hit by the storm. Moses tells Zipporah about God as he tries looking for
Malak. Zipporah never believes Moses' words as he labels his claims as a delusional effect of
his accident. Moses takes this chance to confess his real identity to his wife,
which he has hidden for years, but Zipporah disregards him and tells him to rest.
While Moses bonds with Gershom, he sees the rocks positioned akin to Malak's creation
and his face as Gershom's. Moses immediately picks up his son and brings him to their house.
The appearance of Malak makes Moses realize he needs to go back to Memphis.
So, he prepares his horse and sword that he will use on his journey. Before Moses leaves,
he asks Gershom and Zipporah's permission, but both get mad at him for his decision.
With Moses' arrival in Pithom, he sees slaves getting burned day and night. He looks for the
prayer house where he sees Nun and Joshua, Aaron, his brother, and some people who seem
to be his relatives. After thorough planning, Moses chooses to visit Ramses in his palace to
express his suggestions. When Ramses visits the stable, Moses takes this chance to talk to him.
Moses, who was once an atheist, now believes in God and tells the orders he received to Ramses.
After stating what Moses needs from Ramses, he rides his stallion to escape.
Ramses is astonished by Moses' arrival in his palace. He orders his men to terminate Moses
and his family to defy the prophecy and eliminate the feeling of being threatened. Egyptian soldiers
deployed to eliminate Moses and his kind. They attacked Pithom to locate Moses, but no
one pointed out his whereabouts. Ramses chooses to eliminate the family members of slaves till
Moses appears. This move pushes slaves to join the army who will fight Ramses and his soldiers.
The persecution continues, which inspires the slaves to eliminate Ramses' inhumane treatment
of them. Moses leads the slaves into training to prepare for their future encounters. Moses
teaches them how to aim accurately with their bows and kill their enemies with their arrows.
Moses encouraged them to eliminate the Egyptian resources needed to survive and accomplish their
endeavors. They sneakily plot their plan as they spill oil around the area to set an arson.
At the same time, they take this chance to attack the Egyptians as they turn the city into ashes.
Moses talks to Malak regarding the next move they must imply to stop the slavery that Egyptians have
done to his people. Malak suggests letting Moses watch how the Egyptian will face right in front of
him. Animals start attacking humans, such as the crocodiles preying on Egyptians on their voyage.
The life-giving Nile river turns bloody as the fishes die and frogs start to appear,
almost occupying the palace and the whole of Memphis. Then, millions of insects started
destroying their food and pestered Egyptians with their daily life. The crisis with the
arrival of millions of flies brings skin diseases to people. No one gets immunity
from this punishment, even Ramses and his wife. More insects arrive in Egypt, which allows people
to experience hunger as the appearance of millions of insects ruins their crops.
It pushed people to steal from the palace, which angers Ramses. He orders his men to kill those
who stole from their storage room by showering them with arrows upon exiting the establishment.
Ramses prays to the God he believes in when he feels strange in his surroundings.
Believing it is Moses, he exclaims his anger as he challenges the God that Moses talks about. Ramses
threatens to kill every Hebrew child and drown them in the Nile River. He expresses his firm
stance in fighting Moses and his God, believing he is above any living or supernatural being.
Malak tells him that Moses should acknowledge the sufferance of those people who have suffered at
the hands of pharaohs. Malak expresses his anger towards the injustices the Hebrews
have experienced as he wishes to see Ramses the Great beg on his knees to stop what the
real God shows them. When Moses can no longer listen to Malak's remarks, he chooses to leave,
but darkness suddenly leaves their sight as the light embraces the place.
Moses goes to Ramses palace to send his warning regarding the announcement he has to make before
sunset. If Ramses do not submit, Moses can no longer ensure the safety of the citizens as
it is beyond his control. Moses reminds Ramses to protect his child if he does not follow his words;
the latter fears it threatens his child's safety. Moses goes to the place where his allies live. He
orders to kill a lamb and mark their doors using the animal's blood to keep them safe from the
deluge that might happen. The people who believe in Moses slaughter their lambs, collect the blood,
and spread it through their doors and doorposts. At the same time, Ramses feels nervous regarding
Moses' warning. As darkness covers the place, the Egyptian children slowly lose their breath
once it passes through their bodies. The next day, Egyptians headed by
Ramses go to Moses to show his dead child. Moses confronts Ramses regarding his God;
he is a killer of children. Moses tells Ramses that no Hebrew child died last night,
which Ramses cannot accept. He asks the Hebrews to leave Egypt. Ramses and his wife mourn his son's
death. Ramses decides to follow the Hebrews to kill them all to avenge his son's death.
Meanwhile, Moses allows the Hebrews to rest for a while before continuing their journey to reach the
sea. Aaron asks his brother regarding his decision whether to take the strait or the mountains,
but Moses prefers the highlands to stop the chariots from following them quickly.
Moses asks for Malak's help when he finds it hard to locate their destination,
but he refuses to assist them. Moses signals them to continue crossing the mountains.
Ramses' group finds traces of where the Hebrews crossed the mountain to escape.
Moses knows he lost their way to the strait upon reaching the sea.
He becomes frustrated as he can no longer identify which direction they should take to
save themselves from being killed. He throws his sword into the sea to express himself his anger.
There is an almost confrontation between the slaves and the Egyptians. Khan sees the deluge
arriving at their destination. Khan orders their men to retreat and go in the opposite direction
to save themselves, but Ramses continue. Moses warns Ramses to go back as the outrageous
water waves almost reach their position. Ramses never listens as he pursues Moses, but the water
suddenly drowns them. The water drowns all the people it has reached, including Moses.
Suddenly, Moses makes it to the seacoast as he survives the deluge. Ramses also survives
as he finds his men dead on the seacoast. The corpse remains unmoved after being drowned.
The movie ends when Moses successfully returns to his family's tribe. Moses reconnects with Gershom
and Zipporah, whom he abandoned to accomplish his prophecy. Finally, Moses admits that the
Hebrews were his people when waves of people arrived in their territory. At Mount Sinai,
Moses transcribes the Ten Commandments, which will serve as the law that will guide his people.