History Film / GodsOfEgypt

Set, the merciless God of the Desert, has taken over the throne of Egypt and plunged the once peaceful and prosperous empire into chaos and conflict. Few dare to rebel against him. A young human thief, Bek, seeks the aid of the powerful god Horus to dethrone and defeat Set so that he can save the life of the woman he loves.

* BarredFromTheAfterlife: Initially, Osiris makes it so that this is averted by allowing anyone into the afterlife regardless of wealth or station in life. Set, however, changes this once he usurps his brother's rule. Under Set's new law, only those with enough wealth can pass through onto the afterlife, and he deliberately refuses to allow anyone but those most loyal to him the wealth necessary to fulfill this condition. Those that can't pay have their [[DeaderThanDead souls are destroyed upon being judged]]. [[spoiler: In the end, Horus changes the law to have souls judged by their character, not their wealth.]]

* CombatPragmatist: Set. He is never seen straight up fighting any other characters on equal ground. He uses underhanded means, such as [[spoiler: killing Osiris with a surprise attack, using shields to disorient Horus, etc]] to get the upper hand in fights. This is despite the fact that he supposed to be the strongest Earth-bound god in the setting.

* PleaseIWillDoAnything: Set spares Horus's life at the beginning of the film after Hathor cries out. Thoth later outright tells Horus that her subsequent relationship with Set was the price she demanded for Horus' life.

* BladeOnAStick: The weapon for most of the deities are magic spears. The most impressive one is Ra's golden spear that he uses to keep Apophis at bay.

* InsufferableGenius: Thoth knows practically everything, a fact that he will remind you of ''constantly''. [[spoiler: However, he does not initially know the answer to the riddle of the Sphinx.]]

* BladeOnAStick: The WeaponOfChoice for most of the deities are magic spears. The most impressive one is Ra's golden spear that he uses to keep Apophis at bay.

* AdaptationalVillainy: In Egyptian mythology, while he ''did'' kill Osiris and feud with Horus, Set wasn't necessarily outright ''evil''; he played a pivotal role in fighting Apophis and stopping him from devouring Ra every night.

* ALoadOfBull: Set's minions include a pack of Minotaur-like gods.

''Gods of Egypt'' is a 2016 [[SwordAndSandal sword-and-sandal]] [[FantasyFilms fantasy]] film based on Myth/EgyptianMythology starring Creator/GerardButler, Creator/NikolajCosterWaldau, Creator/GeoffreyRush, Creator/ElodieYung, Creator/BrentonThwaites, Creator/ChadwickBoseman and Courtney Eaton. It is directed by Creator/AlexProyas and produced by Creator/{{Lionsgate}}.

* MaleGaze: Invoked. Thoth orders Hathor to turn around when they visit his library. She accuses him of wanting to enjoy the view, which he both denies and confirms; he wants her to turn around so she can't use her power on him, but still enjoys the view.

* JerkassGods:
** Set, who enslaves his followers and plans to destroy the world. Horus is one at first but he later grows out of it.

* ActorAllusion
** Creator/NikolajCosterWaldau's character was born in a rich and powerful ruling family of which he is the heir. He goes through an ordeal that costs him a part of his body and he's forced to fight without it. He also undergoes some serious CharacterDevelopment that makes him a much better person in the ensuing journey. Not unlike [[Series/GameOfThrones Jaime Lannister]]. He also kills a king, although this time there is much rejoicing afterwards.
** One of Creator/GerardButler's famous roles was [[Film/ThreeHundred a Large Ham leading Spartans against a self-declared God-King who had creepy face-mask-wearing bodyguards]]. In this film, he IS a LargeHam God-King and commands an army of face-mask wearing mooks. He also gets told that what he's doing is madness.

* NoSell: Hathor can compel anyone to do anything she tells them unless their heart belongs to another, with the result that her powers cannot work on Bek as he truly loves Zaya.

* EldritchAbomination: Apophis, the demonic force of chaos that wants to eat all of creation.

** Bek needs to learn have faith in the gods. [[spoiler:He does, eventually. He also becomes much less self-centered, and after having started out as a thief, he ends up the steward of the kingdom.]]

** Osiris needed to learn to rule as well as to set his power aside when the time was right. [[spoiler:He did.]]

** Seth needs to learn to be alone with himself. [[spoiler:He fails to grasp this lesson, and instead attempts to take over the world so everybody worships him.]]

* CharmPerson: Hathor's powers include the ability to make any being in creation obey her will -- be it man, woman, god or beast -- so long as they can hear her voice and make eye contact. [[spoiler:Only TrueLove can make a person immune to it]].

** Thoth needs to learn to be wise instead of merely knowledgeable. [[spoiler:While it takes him to be killed and returned to life by Ra, his words at Horus's coronation clearly show he has learned his lesson.]]